return true;
 }
 
+/* set share access for a given stateid */
+static inline void
+set_access(u32 access, struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
+{
+       __set_bit(access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+}
+
+/* clear share access for a given stateid */
+static inline void
+clear_access(u32 access, struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
+{
+       __clear_bit(access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+}
+
+/* test whether a given stateid has access */
+static inline bool
+test_access(u32 access, struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
+{
+       return test_bit(access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+}
+
 static int nfs4_access_to_omode(u32 access)
 {
        switch (access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_BOTH) {
        BUG();
 }
 
+/* release all access and file references for a given stateid */
+static void
+release_all_access(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
+{
+       int i;
+
+       for (i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
+               if (test_access(i, stp))
+                       nfs4_file_put_access(stp->st_file,
+                                            nfs4_access_to_omode(i));
+               clear_access(i, stp);
+       }
+}
+
 static void unhash_generic_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 {
        list_del(&stp->st_perfile);
 
 static void close_generic_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 {
-       int i;
-
-       if (stp->st_access_bmap) {
-               for (i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
-                       if (test_bit(i, &stp->st_access_bmap))
-                               nfs4_file_put_access(stp->st_file,
-                                               nfs4_access_to_omode(i));
-                       __clear_bit(i, &stp->st_access_bmap);
-               }
-       }
+       release_all_access(stp);
        put_nfs4_file(stp->st_file);
        stp->st_file = NULL;
 }
        stp->st_file = fp;
        stp->st_access_bmap = 0;
        stp->st_deny_bmap = 0;
-       __set_bit(open->op_share_access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+       set_access(open->op_share_access, stp);
        __set_bit(open->op_share_deny, &stp->st_deny_bmap);
        stp->st_openstp = NULL;
 }
        bool new_access;
        __be32 status;
 
-       new_access = !test_bit(op_share_access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+       new_access = !test_access(op_share_access, stp);
        if (new_access) {
                status = nfs4_get_vfs_file(rqstp, fp, cur_fh, open);
                if (status)
                return status;
        }
        /* remember the open */
-       __set_bit(op_share_access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+       set_access(op_share_access, stp);
        __set_bit(open->op_share_deny, &stp->st_deny_bmap);
 
        return nfs_ok;
 }
 
 static inline int
-access_permit_read(unsigned long access_bmap)
+access_permit_read(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 {
-       return test_bit(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_READ, &access_bmap) ||
-               test_bit(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_BOTH, &access_bmap) ||
-               test_bit(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE, &access_bmap);
+       return test_access(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_READ, stp) ||
+               test_access(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_BOTH, stp) ||
+               test_access(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE, stp);
 }
 
 static inline int
-access_permit_write(unsigned long access_bmap)
+access_permit_write(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 {
-       return test_bit(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE, &access_bmap) ||
-               test_bit(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_BOTH, &access_bmap);
+       return test_access(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE, stp) ||
+               test_access(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_BOTH, stp);
 }
 
 static
        /* For lock stateid's, we test the parent open, not the lock: */
        if (stp->st_openstp)
                stp = stp->st_openstp;
-       if ((flags & WR_STATE) && (!access_permit_write(stp->st_access_bmap)))
+       if ((flags & WR_STATE) && !access_permit_write(stp))
                 goto out;
-       if ((flags & RD_STATE) && (!access_permit_read(stp->st_access_bmap)))
+       if ((flags & RD_STATE) && !access_permit_read(stp))
                 goto out;
        status = nfs_ok;
 out:
 
 static inline void nfs4_stateid_downgrade_bit(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp, u32 access)
 {
-       if (!test_bit(access, &stp->st_access_bmap))
+       if (!test_access(access, stp))
                return;
        nfs4_file_put_access(stp->st_file, nfs4_access_to_omode(access));
-       __clear_bit(access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+       clear_access(access, stp);
 }
 
 static inline void nfs4_stateid_downgrade(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp, u32 to_access)
        if (status)
                goto out; 
        status = nfserr_inval;
-       if (!test_bit(od->od_share_access, &stp->st_access_bmap)) {
-               dprintk("NFSD:access not a subset current bitmap: 0x%lx, input access=%08x\n",
+       if (!test_access(od->od_share_access, stp)) {
+               dprintk("NFSD: access not a subset current bitmap: 0x%lx, input access=%08x\n",
                        stp->st_access_bmap, od->od_share_access);
                goto out;
        }
        struct nfs4_file *fp = lock_stp->st_file;
        int oflag = nfs4_access_to_omode(access);
 
-       if (test_bit(access, &lock_stp->st_access_bmap))
+       if (test_access(access, lock_stp))
                return;
        nfs4_file_get_access(fp, oflag);
-       __set_bit(access, &lock_stp->st_access_bmap);
+       set_access(access, lock_stp);
 }
 
 static __be32 lookup_or_create_lock_state(struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate, struct nfs4_ol_stateid *ost, struct nfsd4_lock *lock, struct nfs4_ol_stateid **lst, bool *new)