spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
        prepend(&end, &buflen, "\0", 1);
-       if (!IS_ROOT(dentry) && d_unhashed(dentry) &&
+       if (d_unlinked(dentry) &&
                (prepend(&end, &buflen, " (deleted)", 10) != 0))
                        goto Elong;
 
 
        spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
        prepend(&end, &buflen, "\0", 1);
-       if (!IS_ROOT(dentry) && d_unhashed(dentry) &&
+       if (d_unlinked(dentry) &&
                (prepend(&end, &buflen, "//deleted", 9) != 0))
                        goto Elong;
        if (buflen < 1)
        read_unlock(¤t->fs->lock);
 
        error = -ENOENT;
-       /* Has the current directory has been unlinked? */
        spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-       if (IS_ROOT(pwd.dentry) || !d_unhashed(pwd.dentry)) {
+       if (!d_unlinked(pwd.dentry)) {
                unsigned long len;
                struct path tmp = root;
                char * cwd;
 
                goto out_unlock;
 
        err = -ENOENT;
-       if (IS_ROOT(path->dentry) || !d_unhashed(path->dentry))
+       if (!d_unlinked(path->dentry))
                err = attach_recursive_mnt(mnt, path, NULL);
 out_unlock:
        mutex_unlock(&path->dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
        if (IS_DEADDIR(path->dentry->d_inode))
                goto out1;
 
-       if (!IS_ROOT(path->dentry) && d_unhashed(path->dentry))
+       if (d_unlinked(path->dentry))
                goto out1;
 
        err = -EINVAL;
        error = -ENOENT;
        if (IS_DEADDIR(new.dentry->d_inode))
                goto out2;
-       if (d_unhashed(new.dentry) && !IS_ROOT(new.dentry))
+       if (d_unlinked(new.dentry))
                goto out2;
-       if (d_unhashed(old.dentry) && !IS_ROOT(old.dentry))
+       if (d_unlinked(old.dentry))
                goto out2;
        error = -EBUSY;
        if (new.mnt == root.mnt ||
 
        return (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_UNHASHED);
 }
 
+static inline int d_unlinked(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+       return d_unhashed(dentry) && !IS_ROOT(dentry);
+}
+
 static inline struct dentry *dget_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
        struct dentry *ret;