#endif
 }
 
-static int kernfs_name_locked(struct kernfs_node *kn, char *buf, size_t buflen)
-{
-       if (!kn)
-               return strscpy(buf, "(null)", buflen);
-
-       return strscpy(buf, rcu_access_pointer(kn->__parent) ? kn->name : "/", buflen);
-}
-
 /* kernfs_node_depth - compute depth from @from to @to */
 static size_t kernfs_depth(struct kernfs_node *from, struct kernfs_node *to)
 {
 
        /* Calculate how many bytes we need for the rest */
        for (i = depth_to - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+               const char *name;
 
                for (kn = kn_to, j = 0; j < i; j++)
                        kn = rcu_dereference(kn->__parent);
 
-               len += scnprintf(buf + len, buflen - len, "/%s", kn->name);
+               name = rcu_dereference(kn->name);
+               len += scnprintf(buf + len, buflen - len, "/%s", name);
        }
 
        return len;
  */
 int kernfs_name(struct kernfs_node *kn, char *buf, size_t buflen)
 {
-       unsigned long flags;
-       int ret;
+       struct kernfs_node *kn_parent;
 
-       read_lock_irqsave(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
-       ret = kernfs_name_locked(kn, buf, buflen);
-       read_unlock_irqrestore(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
-       return ret;
+       if (!kn)
+               return strscpy(buf, "(null)", buflen);
+
+       guard(rcu)();
+       /*
+        * KERNFS_ROOT_INVARIANT_PARENT is ignored here. The name is RCU freed and
+        * the parent is either existing or not.
+        */
+       kn_parent = rcu_dereference(kn->__parent);
+       return strscpy(buf, kn_parent ? rcu_dereference(kn->name) : "/", buflen);
 }
 
 /**
 int kernfs_path_from_node(struct kernfs_node *to, struct kernfs_node *from,
                          char *buf, size_t buflen)
 {
-       unsigned long flags;
-       int ret;
+       struct kernfs_root *root;
 
        guard(rcu)();
-       read_lock_irqsave(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
-       ret = kernfs_path_from_node_locked(to, from, buf, buflen);
-       read_unlock_irqrestore(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
-       return ret;
+       if (to) {
+               root = kernfs_root(to);
+               if (!(root->flags & KERNFS_ROOT_INVARIANT_PARENT)) {
+                       guard(read_lock_irqsave)(&kernfs_rename_lock);
+                       return kernfs_path_from_node_locked(to, from, buf, buflen);
+               }
+       }
+       return kernfs_path_from_node_locked(to, from, buf, buflen);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernfs_path_from_node);
 
                return -1;
        if (ns > kn->ns)
                return 1;
-       return strcmp(name, kn->name);
+       return strcmp(name, kernfs_rcu_name(kn));
 }
 
 static int kernfs_sd_compare(const struct kernfs_node *left,
                             const struct kernfs_node *right)
 {
-       return kernfs_name_compare(left->hash, left->name, left->ns, right);
+       return kernfs_name_compare(left->hash, kernfs_rcu_name(left), left->ns, right);
 }
 
 /**
 {
        struct kernfs_node *kn = container_of(rcu, struct kernfs_node, rcu);
 
-       kfree_const(kn->name);
+       /* If the whole node goes away, then name can't be used outside */
+       kfree_const(rcu_access_pointer(kn->name));
 
        if (kn->iattr) {
                simple_xattrs_free(&kn->iattr->xattrs, NULL);
 
        WARN_ONCE(atomic_read(&kn->active) != KN_DEACTIVATED_BIAS,
                  "kernfs_put: %s/%s: released with incorrect active_ref %d\n",
-                 parent ? parent->name : "", kn->name, atomic_read(&kn->active));
+                 parent ? rcu_dereference(parent->name) : "",
+                 rcu_dereference(kn->name), atomic_read(&kn->active));
 
        if (kernfs_type(kn) == KERNFS_LINK)
                kernfs_put(kn->symlink.target_kn);
        atomic_set(&kn->active, KN_DEACTIVATED_BIAS);
        RB_CLEAR_NODE(&kn->rb);
 
-       kn->name = name;
+       rcu_assign_pointer(kn->name, name);
        kn->mode = mode;
        kn->flags = flags;
 
        ret = -EINVAL;
        has_ns = kernfs_ns_enabled(parent);
        if (WARN(has_ns != (bool)kn->ns, KERN_WARNING "kernfs: ns %s in '%s' for '%s'\n",
-                has_ns ? "required" : "invalid", parent->name, kn->name))
+                has_ns ? "required" : "invalid",
+                kernfs_rcu_name(parent), kernfs_rcu_name(kn)))
                goto out_unlock;
 
        if (kernfs_type(parent) != KERNFS_DIR)
        if (parent->flags & (KERNFS_REMOVING | KERNFS_EMPTY_DIR))
                goto out_unlock;
 
-       kn->hash = kernfs_name_hash(kn->name, kn->ns);
+       kn->hash = kernfs_name_hash(kernfs_rcu_name(kn), kn->ns);
 
        ret = kernfs_link_sibling(kn);
        if (ret)
 
        if (has_ns != (bool)ns) {
                WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "kernfs: ns %s in '%s' for '%s'\n",
-                    has_ns ? "required" : "invalid", parent->name, name);
+                    has_ns ? "required" : "invalid", kernfs_rcu_name(parent), name);
                return NULL;
        }
 
 
        /* Negative hashed dentry? */
        if (d_really_is_negative(dentry)) {
-               struct kernfs_node *parent;
-
                /* If the kernfs parent node has changed discard and
                 * proceed to ->lookup.
                 *
                goto out_bad;
 
        /* The kernfs node has been renamed */
-       if (strcmp(dentry->d_name.name, kn->name) != 0)
+       if (strcmp(dentry->d_name.name, kernfs_rcu_name(kn)) != 0)
                goto out_bad;
 
        /* The kernfs node has been moved to a different namespace */
        if (kernfs_parent(kn) && RB_EMPTY_NODE(&kn->rb))
                return;
 
-       pr_debug("kernfs %s: removing\n", kn->name);
+       pr_debug("kernfs %s: removing\n", kernfs_rcu_name(kn));
 
        /* prevent new usage by marking all nodes removing and deactivating */
        pos = NULL;
 {
        struct kernfs_node *old_parent;
        struct kernfs_root *root;
-       const char *old_name = NULL;
+       const char *old_name;
        int error;
 
        /* can't move or rename root */
        }
 
        error = 0;
+       old_name = kernfs_rcu_name(kn);
+       if (!new_name)
+               new_name = old_name;
        if ((old_parent == new_parent) && (kn->ns == new_ns) &&
-           (strcmp(kn->name, new_name) == 0))
+           (strcmp(old_name, new_name) == 0))
                goto out;       /* nothing to rename */
 
        error = -EEXIST;
                goto out;
 
        /* rename kernfs_node */
-       if (strcmp(kn->name, new_name) != 0) {
+       if (strcmp(old_name, new_name) != 0) {
                error = -ENOMEM;
                new_name = kstrdup_const(new_name, GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!new_name)
         * Move to the appropriate place in the appropriate directories rbtree.
         */
        kernfs_unlink_sibling(kn);
-       kernfs_get(new_parent);
 
-       /* rename_lock protects ->parent and ->name accessors */
-       write_lock_irq(&kernfs_rename_lock);
+       /* rename_lock protects ->parent accessors */
+       if (old_parent != new_parent) {
+               kernfs_get(new_parent);
+               write_lock_irq(&kernfs_rename_lock);
 
-       old_parent = kernfs_parent(kn);
-       rcu_assign_pointer(kn->__parent, new_parent);
+               rcu_assign_pointer(kn->__parent, new_parent);
 
-       kn->ns = new_ns;
-       if (new_name) {
-               old_name = kn->name;
-               kn->name = new_name;
-       }
+               kn->ns = new_ns;
+               if (new_name)
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(kn->name, new_name);
 
-       write_unlock_irq(&kernfs_rename_lock);
+               write_unlock_irq(&kernfs_rename_lock);
+               kernfs_put(old_parent);
+       } else {
+               /* name assignment is RCU protected, parent is the same */
+               kn->ns = new_ns;
+               if (new_name)
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(kn->name, new_name);
+       }
 
-       kn->hash = kernfs_name_hash(kn->name, kn->ns);
+       kn->hash = kernfs_name_hash(new_name ?: old_name, kn->ns);
        kernfs_link_sibling(kn);
 
-       kernfs_put(old_parent);
-       kfree_const(old_name);
+       if (new_name && !is_kernel_rodata((unsigned long)old_name))
+               kfree_rcu_mightsleep(old_name);
 
        error = 0;
  out:
        for (pos = kernfs_dir_pos(ns, parent, ctx->pos, pos);
             pos;
             pos = kernfs_dir_next_pos(ns, parent, ctx->pos, pos)) {
-               const char *name = pos->name;
+               const char *name = kernfs_rcu_name(pos);
                unsigned int type = fs_umode_to_dtype(pos->mode);
                int len = strlen(name);
                ino_t ino = kernfs_ino(pos);