Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

Pull VFS patches (part 1) from Al Viro:
 "The major change in this pile is ->readdir() replacement with
  ->iterate(), dealing with ->f_pos races in ->readdir() instances for
  good.

  There's a lot more, but I'd prefer to split the pull request into
  several stages and this is the first obvious cutoff point."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (67 commits)
  [readdir] constify ->actor
  [readdir] ->readdir() is gone
  [readdir] convert ecryptfs
  [readdir] convert coda
  [readdir] convert ocfs2
  [readdir] convert fatfs
  [readdir] convert xfs
  [readdir] convert btrfs
  [readdir] convert hostfs
  [readdir] convert afs
  [readdir] convert ncpfs
  [readdir] convert hfsplus
  [readdir] convert hfs
  [readdir] convert befs
  [readdir] convert cifs
  [readdir] convert freevxfs
  [readdir] convert fuse
  [readdir] convert hpfs
  reiserfs: switch reiserfs_readdir_dentry to inode
  reiserfs: is_privroot_deh() needs only directory inode, actually
  ...

90 files changed, 1854 insertions, 2672 deletions

diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index be1e34adc3c..4d0c2e0be7e 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -101,16 +101,15 @@ static struct p9_rdir *v9fs_alloc_rdir_buf(struct file *filp, int buflen)
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_dir_readdir - read a directory
- * @filp: opened file structure
- * @dirent: directory structure ???
- * @filldir: function to populate directory structure ???
+ * v9fs_dir_readdir - iterate through a directory
+ * @file: opened file structure
+ * @ctx: actor we feed the entries to
  *
  */
 
-static int v9fs_dir_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int v9fs_dir_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	int over;
+	bool over;
 	struct p9_wstat st;
 	int err = 0;
 	struct p9_fid *fid;
@@ -118,19 +117,19 @@ static int v9fs_dir_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	int reclen = 0;
 	struct p9_rdir *rdir;
 
-	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name %s\n", filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
-	fid = filp->private_data;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name %s\n", file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
+	fid = file->private_data;
 
 	buflen = fid->clnt->msize - P9_IOHDRSZ;
 
-	rdir = v9fs_alloc_rdir_buf(filp, buflen);
+	rdir = v9fs_alloc_rdir_buf(file, buflen);
 	if (!rdir)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	while (1) {
 		if (rdir->tail == rdir->head) {
-			err = v9fs_file_readn(filp, rdir->buf, NULL,
-							buflen, filp->f_pos);
+			err = v9fs_file_readn(file, rdir->buf, NULL,
+							buflen, ctx->pos);
 			if (err <= 0)
 				return err;
 
@@ -148,51 +147,45 @@ static int v9fs_dir_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			}
 			reclen = st.size+2;
 
-			over = filldir(dirent, st.name, strlen(st.name),
-			    filp->f_pos, v9fs_qid2ino(&st.qid), dt_type(&st));
-
+			over = !dir_emit(ctx, st.name, strlen(st.name),
+					 v9fs_qid2ino(&st.qid), dt_type(&st));
 			p9stat_free(&st);
-
 			if (over)
 				return 0;
 
 			rdir->head += reclen;
-			filp->f_pos += reclen;
+			ctx->pos += reclen;
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl - read a directory
- * @filp: opened file structure
- * @dirent: buffer to fill dirent structures
- * @filldir: function to populate dirent structures
+ * v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl - iterate through a directory
+ * @file: opened file structure
+ * @ctx: actor we feed the entries to
  *
  */
-static int v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
-						filldir_t filldir)
+static int v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	int over;
 	int err = 0;
 	struct p9_fid *fid;
 	int buflen;
 	struct p9_rdir *rdir;
 	struct p9_dirent curdirent;
-	u64 oldoffset = 0;
 
-	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name %s\n", filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
-	fid = filp->private_data;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name %s\n", file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
+	fid = file->private_data;
 
 	buflen = fid->clnt->msize - P9_READDIRHDRSZ;
 
-	rdir = v9fs_alloc_rdir_buf(filp, buflen);
+	rdir = v9fs_alloc_rdir_buf(file, buflen);
 	if (!rdir)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	while (1) {
 		if (rdir->tail == rdir->head) {
 			err = p9_client_readdir(fid, rdir->buf, buflen,
-						filp->f_pos);
+						ctx->pos);
 			if (err <= 0)
 				return err;
 
@@ -210,22 +203,13 @@ static int v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 				return -EIO;
 			}
 
-			/* d_off in dirent structure tracks the offset into
-			 * the next dirent in the dir. However, filldir()
-			 * expects offset into the current dirent. Hence
-			 * while calling filldir send the offset from the
-			 * previous dirent structure.
-			 */
-			over = filldir(dirent, curdirent.d_name,
-					strlen(curdirent.d_name),
-					oldoffset, v9fs_qid2ino(&curdirent.qid),
-					curdirent.d_type);
-			oldoffset = curdirent.d_off;
-
-			if (over)
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, curdirent.d_name,
+				      strlen(curdirent.d_name),
+				      v9fs_qid2ino(&curdirent.qid),
+				      curdirent.d_type))
 				return 0;
 
-			filp->f_pos = curdirent.d_off;
+			ctx->pos = curdirent.d_off;
 			rdir->head += err;
 		}
 	}
@@ -254,7 +238,7 @@ int v9fs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations = {
 	.read = generic_read_dir,
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.readdir = v9fs_dir_readdir,
+	.iterate = v9fs_dir_readdir,
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
 	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
 };
@@ -262,7 +246,7 @@ const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations = {
 const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations_dotl = {
 	.read = generic_read_dir,
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.readdir = v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl,
+	.iterate = v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl,
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
 	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
         .fsync = v9fs_file_fsync_dotl,
diff --git a/fs/adfs/dir.c b/fs/adfs/dir.c
index 9cf874ce833..ade28bb058e 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/dir.c
@@ -17,47 +17,43 @@
 static DEFINE_RWLOCK(adfs_dir_lock);
 
 static int
-adfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+adfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct adfs_dir_ops *ops = ADFS_SB(sb)->s_dir;
 	struct object_info obj;
 	struct adfs_dir dir;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (filp->f_pos >> 32)
-		goto out;
+	if (ctx->pos >> 32)
+		return 0;
 
 	ret = ops->read(sb, inode->i_ino, inode->i_size, &dir);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		return ret;
 
-	switch ((unsigned long)filp->f_pos) {
-	case 0:
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, 0, inode->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
+	if (ctx->pos == 0) {
+		if (!dir_emit_dot(file, ctx))
 			goto free_out;
-		filp->f_pos += 1;
-
-	case 1:
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, 1, dir.parent_id, DT_DIR) < 0)
+		ctx->pos = 1;
+	}
+	if (ctx->pos == 1) {
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, "..", 2, dir.parent_id, DT_DIR))
 			goto free_out;
-		filp->f_pos += 1;
-
-	default:
-		break;
+		ctx->pos = 2;
 	}
 
 	read_lock(&adfs_dir_lock);
 
-	ret = ops->setpos(&dir, filp->f_pos - 2);
+	ret = ops->setpos(&dir, ctx->pos - 2);
 	if (ret)
 		goto unlock_out;
 	while (ops->getnext(&dir, &obj) == 0) {
-		if (filldir(dirent, obj.name, obj.name_len,
-			    filp->f_pos, obj.file_id, DT_UNKNOWN) < 0)
-			goto unlock_out;
-		filp->f_pos += 1;
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, obj.name, obj.name_len,
+			    obj.file_id, DT_UNKNOWN))
+			break;
+		ctx->pos++;
 	}
 
 unlock_out:
@@ -65,8 +61,6 @@ unlock_out:
 
 free_out:
 	ops->free(&dir);
-
-out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -192,7 +186,7 @@ out:
 const struct file_operations adfs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.readdir	= adfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= adfs_readdir,
 	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/affs/dir.c b/fs/affs/dir.c
index fd11a6d608e..f1eba8c3644 100644
--- a/fs/affs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/affs/dir.c
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 
 #include "affs.h"
 
-static int affs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
+static int affs_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
 const struct file_operations affs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.readdir	= affs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= affs_readdir,
 	.fsync		= affs_file_fsync,
 };
 
@@ -40,52 +40,35 @@ const struct inode_operations affs_dir_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 static int
-affs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+affs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode		*inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode		*inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block	*sb = inode->i_sb;
-	struct buffer_head	*dir_bh;
-	struct buffer_head	*fh_bh;
+	struct buffer_head	*dir_bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head	*fh_bh = NULL;
 	unsigned char		*name;
 	int			 namelen;
 	u32			 i;
 	int			 hash_pos;
 	int			 chain_pos;
-	u32			 f_pos;
 	u32			 ino;
-	int			 stored;
-	int			 res;
 
-	pr_debug("AFFS: readdir(ino=%lu,f_pos=%lx)\n",inode->i_ino,(unsigned long)filp->f_pos);
+	pr_debug("AFFS: readdir(ino=%lu,f_pos=%lx)\n",inode->i_ino,(unsigned long)ctx->pos);
 
-	stored = 0;
-	res    = -EIO;
-	dir_bh = NULL;
-	fh_bh  = NULL;
-	f_pos  = filp->f_pos;
-
-	if (f_pos == 0) {
-		filp->private_data = (void *)0;
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, f_pos, inode->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
+	if (ctx->pos < 2) {
+		file->private_data = (void *)0;
+		if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
 			return 0;
-		filp->f_pos = f_pos = 1;
-		stored++;
-	}
-	if (f_pos == 1) {
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, f_pos, parent_ino(filp->f_path.dentry), DT_DIR) < 0)
-			return stored;
-		filp->f_pos = f_pos = 2;
-		stored++;
 	}
 
 	affs_lock_dir(inode);
-	chain_pos = (f_pos - 2) & 0xffff;
-	hash_pos  = (f_pos - 2) >> 16;
+	chain_pos = (ctx->pos - 2) & 0xffff;
+	hash_pos  = (ctx->pos - 2) >> 16;
 	if (chain_pos == 0xffff) {
 		affs_warning(sb, "readdir", "More than 65535 entries in chain");
 		chain_pos = 0;
 		hash_pos++;
-		filp->f_pos = ((hash_pos << 16) | chain_pos) + 2;
+		ctx->pos = ((hash_pos << 16) | chain_pos) + 2;
 	}
 	dir_bh = affs_bread(sb, inode->i_ino);
 	if (!dir_bh)
@@ -94,8 +77,8 @@ affs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	/* If the directory hasn't changed since the last call to readdir(),
 	 * we can jump directly to where we left off.
 	 */
-	ino = (u32)(long)filp->private_data;
-	if (ino && filp->f_version == inode->i_version) {
+	ino = (u32)(long)file->private_data;
+	if (ino && file->f_version == inode->i_version) {
 		pr_debug("AFFS: readdir() left off=%d\n", ino);
 		goto inside;
 	}
@@ -105,7 +88,7 @@ affs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		fh_bh = affs_bread(sb, ino);
 		if (!fh_bh) {
 			affs_error(sb, "readdir","Cannot read block %d", i);
-			goto readdir_out;
+			return -EIO;
 		}
 		ino = be32_to_cpu(AFFS_TAIL(sb, fh_bh)->hash_chain);
 		affs_brelse(fh_bh);
@@ -119,38 +102,34 @@ affs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		ino = be32_to_cpu(AFFS_HEAD(dir_bh)->table[hash_pos]);
 		if (!ino)
 			continue;
-		f_pos = (hash_pos << 16) + 2;
+		ctx->pos = (hash_pos << 16) + 2;
 inside:
 		do {
 			fh_bh = affs_bread(sb, ino);
 			if (!fh_bh) {
 				affs_error(sb, "readdir","Cannot read block %d", ino);
-				goto readdir_done;
+				break;
 			}
 
 			namelen = min(AFFS_TAIL(sb, fh_bh)->name[0], (u8)30);
 			name = AFFS_TAIL(sb, fh_bh)->name + 1;
 			pr_debug("AFFS: readdir(): filldir(\"%.*s\", ino=%u), hash=%d, f_pos=%x\n",
-				 namelen, name, ino, hash_pos, f_pos);
-			if (filldir(dirent, name, namelen, f_pos, ino, DT_UNKNOWN) < 0)
+				 namelen, name, ino, hash_pos, (u32)ctx->pos);
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, name, namelen, ino, DT_UNKNOWN))
 				goto readdir_done;
-			stored++;
-			f_pos++;
+			ctx->pos++;
 			ino = be32_to_cpu(AFFS_TAIL(sb, fh_bh)->hash_chain);
 			affs_brelse(fh_bh);
 			fh_bh = NULL;
 		} while (ino);
 	}
 readdir_done:
-	filp->f_pos = f_pos;
-	filp->f_version = inode->i_version;
-	filp->private_data = (void *)(long)ino;
-	res = stored;
+	file->f_version = inode->i_version;
+	file->private_data = (void *)(long)ino;
 
 readdir_out:
 	affs_brelse(dir_bh);
 	affs_brelse(fh_bh);
 	affs_unlock_dir(inode);
-	pr_debug("AFFS: readdir()=%d\n", stored);
-	return res;
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 7a465ed0444..34494fbead0 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 static struct dentry *afs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 				 unsigned int flags);
 static int afs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
-static int afs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir);
+static int afs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx);
 static int afs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags);
 static int afs_d_delete(const struct dentry *dentry);
 static void afs_d_release(struct dentry *dentry);
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int afs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 const struct file_operations afs_dir_file_operations = {
 	.open		= afs_dir_open,
 	.release	= afs_release,
-	.readdir	= afs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= afs_readdir,
 	.lock		= afs_lock,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ struct afs_dir_page {
 };
 
 struct afs_lookup_cookie {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	struct afs_fid	fid;
-	const char	*name;
-	size_t		nlen;
+	struct qstr name;
 	int		found;
 };
 
@@ -228,20 +228,18 @@ static int afs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 /*
  * deal with one block in an AFS directory
  */
-static int afs_dir_iterate_block(unsigned *fpos,
+static int afs_dir_iterate_block(struct dir_context *ctx,
 				 union afs_dir_block *block,
-				 unsigned blkoff,
-				 void *cookie,
-				 filldir_t filldir)
+				 unsigned blkoff)
 {
 	union afs_dirent *dire;
 	unsigned offset, next, curr;
 	size_t nlen;
-	int tmp, ret;
+	int tmp;
 
-	_enter("%u,%x,%p,,",*fpos,blkoff,block);
+	_enter("%u,%x,%p,,",(unsigned)ctx->pos,blkoff,block);
 
-	curr = (*fpos - blkoff) / sizeof(union afs_dirent);
+	curr = (ctx->pos - blkoff) / sizeof(union afs_dirent);
 
 	/* walk through the block, an entry at a time */
 	for (offset = AFS_DIRENT_PER_BLOCK - block->pagehdr.nentries;
@@ -256,7 +254,7 @@ static int afs_dir_iterate_block(unsigned *fpos,
 			_debug("ENT[%Zu.%u]: unused",
 			       blkoff / sizeof(union afs_dir_block), offset);
 			if (offset >= curr)
-				*fpos = blkoff +
+				ctx->pos = blkoff +
 					next * sizeof(union afs_dirent);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -302,19 +300,15 @@ static int afs_dir_iterate_block(unsigned *fpos,
 			continue;
 
 		/* found the next entry */
-		ret = filldir(cookie,
-			      dire->u.name,
-			      nlen,
-			      blkoff + offset * sizeof(union afs_dirent),
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, dire->u.name, nlen,
 			      ntohl(dire->u.vnode),
-			      filldir == afs_lookup_filldir ?
-			      ntohl(dire->u.unique) : DT_UNKNOWN);
-		if (ret < 0) {
+			      ctx->actor == afs_lookup_filldir ?
+			      ntohl(dire->u.unique) : DT_UNKNOWN)) {
 			_leave(" = 0 [full]");
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		*fpos = blkoff + next * sizeof(union afs_dirent);
+		ctx->pos = blkoff + next * sizeof(union afs_dirent);
 	}
 
 	_leave(" = 1 [more]");
@@ -324,8 +318,8 @@ static int afs_dir_iterate_block(unsigned *fpos,
 /*
  * iterate through the data blob that lists the contents of an AFS directory
  */
-static int afs_dir_iterate(struct inode *dir, unsigned *fpos, void *cookie,
-			   filldir_t filldir, struct key *key)
+static int afs_dir_iterate(struct inode *dir, struct dir_context *ctx,
+			   struct key *key)
 {
 	union afs_dir_block *dblock;
 	struct afs_dir_page *dbuf;
@@ -333,7 +327,7 @@ static int afs_dir_iterate(struct inode *dir, unsigned *fpos, void *cookie,
 	unsigned blkoff, limit;
 	int ret;
 
-	_enter("{%lu},%u,,", dir->i_ino, *fpos);
+	_enter("{%lu},%u,,", dir->i_ino, (unsigned)ctx->pos);
 
 	if (test_bit(AFS_VNODE_DELETED, &AFS_FS_I(dir)->flags)) {
 		_leave(" = -ESTALE");
@@ -341,13 +335,13 @@ static int afs_dir_iterate(struct inode *dir, unsigned *fpos, void *cookie,
 	}
 
 	/* round the file position up to the next entry boundary */
-	*fpos += sizeof(union afs_dirent) - 1;
-	*fpos &= ~(sizeof(union afs_dirent) - 1);
+	ctx->pos += sizeof(union afs_dirent) - 1;
+	ctx->pos &= ~(sizeof(union afs_dirent) - 1);
 
 	/* walk through the blocks in sequence */
 	ret = 0;
-	while (*fpos < dir->i_size) {
-		blkoff = *fpos & ~(sizeof(union afs_dir_block) - 1);
+	while (ctx->pos < dir->i_size) {
+		blkoff = ctx->pos & ~(sizeof(union afs_dir_block) - 1);
 
 		/* fetch the appropriate page from the directory */
 		page = afs_dir_get_page(dir, blkoff / PAGE_SIZE, key);
@@ -364,8 +358,7 @@ static int afs_dir_iterate(struct inode *dir, unsigned *fpos, void *cookie,
 		do {
 			dblock = &dbuf->blocks[(blkoff % PAGE_SIZE) /
 					       sizeof(union afs_dir_block)];
-			ret = afs_dir_iterate_block(fpos, dblock, blkoff,
-						    cookie, filldir);
+			ret = afs_dir_iterate_block(ctx, dblock, blkoff);
 			if (ret != 1) {
 				afs_dir_put_page(page);
 				goto out;
@@ -373,7 +366,7 @@ static int afs_dir_iterate(struct inode *dir, unsigned *fpos, void *cookie,
 
 			blkoff += sizeof(union afs_dir_block);
 
-		} while (*fpos < dir->i_size && blkoff < limit);
+		} while (ctx->pos < dir->i_size && blkoff < limit);
 
 		afs_dir_put_page(page);
 		ret = 0;
@@ -387,23 +380,10 @@ out:
 /*
  * read an AFS directory
  */
-static int afs_readdir(struct file *file, void *cookie, filldir_t filldir)
+static int afs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	unsigned fpos;
-	int ret;
-
-	_enter("{%Ld,{%lu}}",
-	       file->f_pos, file_inode(file)->i_ino);
-
-	ASSERT(file->private_data != NULL);
-
-	fpos = file->f_pos;
-	ret = afs_dir_iterate(file_inode(file), &fpos,
-			      cookie, filldir, file->private_data);
-	file->f_pos = fpos;
-
-	_leave(" = %d", ret);
-	return ret;
+	return afs_dir_iterate(file_inode(file), 
+			      ctx, file->private_data);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -416,15 +396,16 @@ static int afs_lookup_filldir(void *_cookie, const char *name, int nlen,
 {
 	struct afs_lookup_cookie *cookie = _cookie;
 
-	_enter("{%s,%Zu},%s,%u,,%llu,%u",
-	       cookie->name, cookie->nlen, name, nlen,
+	_enter("{%s,%u},%s,%u,,%llu,%u",
+	       cookie->name.name, cookie->name.len, name, nlen,
 	       (unsigned long long) ino, dtype);
 
 	/* insanity checks first */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(union afs_dir_block) != 2048);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(union afs_dirent) != 32);
 
-	if (cookie->nlen != nlen || memcmp(cookie->name, name, nlen) != 0) {
+	if (cookie->name.len != nlen ||
+	    memcmp(cookie->name.name, name, nlen) != 0) {
 		_leave(" = 0 [no]");
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -444,24 +425,18 @@ static int afs_lookup_filldir(void *_cookie, const char *name, int nlen,
 static int afs_do_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			 struct afs_fid *fid, struct key *key)
 {
-	struct afs_lookup_cookie cookie;
-	struct afs_super_info *as;
-	unsigned fpos;
+	struct afs_super_info *as = dir->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct afs_lookup_cookie cookie = {
+		.ctx.actor = afs_lookup_filldir,
+		.name = dentry->d_name,
+		.fid.vid = as->volume->vid
+	};
 	int ret;
 
 	_enter("{%lu},%p{%s},", dir->i_ino, dentry, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	as = dir->i_sb->s_fs_info;
-
 	/* search the directory */
-	cookie.name	= dentry->d_name.name;
-	cookie.nlen	= dentry->d_name.len;
-	cookie.fid.vid	= as->volume->vid;
-	cookie.found	= 0;
-
-	fpos = 0;
-	ret = afs_dir_iterate(dir, &fpos, &cookie, afs_lookup_filldir,
-			      key);
+	ret = afs_dir_iterate(dir, &cookie.ctx, key);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		_leave(" = %d [iter]", ret);
 		return ret;
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 085da86e07c..ca8e55548d9 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const struct file_operations autofs4_root_operations = {
 	.open		= dcache_dir_open,
 	.release	= dcache_dir_close,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= dcache_readdir,
+	.iterate	= dcache_readdir,
 	.llseek		= dcache_dir_lseek,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= autofs4_root_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const struct file_operations autofs4_dir_operations = {
 	.open		= autofs4_dir_open,
 	.release	= dcache_dir_close,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= dcache_readdir,
+	.iterate	= dcache_readdir,
 	.llseek		= dcache_dir_lseek,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index 922ad460bff..7c93953030f 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static ssize_t bad_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
-static int bad_file_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int bad_file_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	return -EIO;
 }
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static const struct file_operations bad_file_ops =
 	.write		= bad_file_write,
 	.aio_read	= bad_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write	= bad_file_aio_write,
-	.readdir	= bad_file_readdir,
+	.iterate	= bad_file_readdir,
 	.poll		= bad_file_poll,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= bad_file_unlocked_ioctl,
 	.compat_ioctl	= bad_file_compat_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index f95dddced96..e9c75e20db3 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 /* The units the vfs expects inode->i_blocks to be in */
 #define VFS_BLOCK_SIZE 512
 
-static int befs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
+static int befs_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 static int befs_get_block(struct inode *, sector_t, struct buffer_head *, int);
 static int befs_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page);
 static sector_t befs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *befs_inode_cachep;
 
 static const struct file_operations befs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= befs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= befs_readdir,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ befs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 }
 
 static int
-befs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+befs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	befs_data_stream *ds = &BEFS_I(inode)->i_data.ds;
 	befs_off_t value;
@@ -221,15 +221,14 @@ befs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	size_t keysize;
 	unsigned char d_type;
 	char keybuf[BEFS_NAME_LEN + 1];
-	char *nlsname;
-	int nlsnamelen;
-	const char *dirname = filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.name;
+	const char *dirname = file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name;
 
 	befs_debug(sb, "---> befs_readdir() "
-		   "name %s, inode %ld, filp->f_pos %Ld",
-		   dirname, inode->i_ino, filp->f_pos);
+		   "name %s, inode %ld, ctx->pos %Ld",
+		   dirname, inode->i_ino, ctx->pos);
 
-	result = befs_btree_read(sb, ds, filp->f_pos, BEFS_NAME_LEN + 1,
+more:
+	result = befs_btree_read(sb, ds, ctx->pos, BEFS_NAME_LEN + 1,
 				 keybuf, &keysize, &value);
 
 	if (result == BEFS_ERR) {
@@ -251,24 +250,29 @@ befs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 
 	/* Convert to NLS */
 	if (BEFS_SB(sb)->nls) {
+		char *nlsname;
+		int nlsnamelen;
 		result =
 		    befs_utf2nls(sb, keybuf, keysize, &nlsname, &nlsnamelen);
 		if (result < 0) {
 			befs_debug(sb, "<--- befs_readdir() ERROR");
 			return result;
 		}
-		result = filldir(dirent, nlsname, nlsnamelen, filp->f_pos,
-				 (ino_t) value, d_type);
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, nlsname, nlsnamelen,
+				 (ino_t) value, d_type)) {
+			kfree(nlsname);
+			return 0;
+		}
 		kfree(nlsname);
-
 	} else {
-		result = filldir(dirent, keybuf, keysize, filp->f_pos,
-				 (ino_t) value, d_type);
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, keybuf, keysize,
+				 (ino_t) value, d_type))
+			return 0;
 	}
-	if (!result)
-		filp->f_pos++;
+	ctx->pos++;
+	goto more;
 
-	befs_debug(sb, "<--- befs_readdir() filp->f_pos %Ld", filp->f_pos);
+	befs_debug(sb, "<--- befs_readdir() pos %Ld", ctx->pos);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
index 3f422f6bb5c..a399e6d9dc7 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -26,58 +26,51 @@ static struct buffer_head *bfs_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 				const unsigned char *name, int namelen,
 				struct bfs_dirent **res_dir);
 
-static int bfs_readdir(struct file *f, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int bfs_readdir(struct file *f, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct inode *dir = file_inode(f);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct bfs_dirent *de;
-	struct bfs_sb_info *info = BFS_SB(dir->i_sb);
 	unsigned int offset;
 	int block;
 
-	mutex_lock(&info->bfs_lock);
-
-	if (f->f_pos & (BFS_DIRENT_SIZE - 1)) {
+	if (ctx->pos & (BFS_DIRENT_SIZE - 1)) {
 		printf("Bad f_pos=%08lx for %s:%08lx\n",
-					(unsigned long)f->f_pos,
+					(unsigned long)ctx->pos,
 					dir->i_sb->s_id, dir->i_ino);
-		mutex_unlock(&info->bfs_lock);
-		return -EBADF;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	while (f->f_pos < dir->i_size) {
-		offset = f->f_pos & (BFS_BSIZE - 1);
-		block = BFS_I(dir)->i_sblock + (f->f_pos >> BFS_BSIZE_BITS);
+	while (ctx->pos < dir->i_size) {
+		offset = ctx->pos & (BFS_BSIZE - 1);
+		block = BFS_I(dir)->i_sblock + (ctx->pos >> BFS_BSIZE_BITS);
 		bh = sb_bread(dir->i_sb, block);
 		if (!bh) {
-			f->f_pos += BFS_BSIZE - offset;
+			ctx->pos += BFS_BSIZE - offset;
 			continue;
 		}
 		do {
 			de = (struct bfs_dirent *)(bh->b_data + offset);
 			if (de->ino) {
 				int size = strnlen(de->name, BFS_NAMELEN);
-				if (filldir(dirent, de->name, size, f->f_pos,
+				if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name, size,
 						le16_to_cpu(de->ino),
-						DT_UNKNOWN) < 0) {
+						DT_UNKNOWN)) {
 					brelse(bh);
-					mutex_unlock(&info->bfs_lock);
 					return 0;
 				}
 			}
 			offset += BFS_DIRENT_SIZE;
-			f->f_pos += BFS_DIRENT_SIZE;
-		} while ((offset < BFS_BSIZE) && (f->f_pos < dir->i_size));
+			ctx->pos += BFS_DIRENT_SIZE;
+		} while ((offset < BFS_BSIZE) && (ctx->pos < dir->i_size));
 		brelse(bh);
 	}
-
-	mutex_unlock(&info->bfs_lock);
-	return 0;	
+	return 0;
 }
 
 const struct file_operations bfs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= bfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= bfs_readdir,
 	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index f26f38ccd19..eb34438dded 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -1681,8 +1681,7 @@ int btrfs_should_delete_dir_index(struct list_head *del_list,
  * btrfs_readdir_delayed_dir_index - read dir info stored in the delayed tree
  *
  */
-int btrfs_readdir_delayed_dir_index(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
-				    filldir_t filldir,
+int btrfs_readdir_delayed_dir_index(struct dir_context *ctx,
 				    struct list_head *ins_list)
 {
 	struct btrfs_dir_item *di;
@@ -1704,13 +1703,13 @@ int btrfs_readdir_delayed_dir_index(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(curr, next, ins_list, readdir_list) {
 		list_del(&curr->readdir_list);
 
-		if (curr->key.offset < filp->f_pos) {
+		if (curr->key.offset < ctx->pos) {
 			if (atomic_dec_and_test(&curr->refs))
 				kfree(curr);
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		filp->f_pos = curr->key.offset;
+		ctx->pos = curr->key.offset;
 
 		di = (struct btrfs_dir_item *)curr->data;
 		name = (char *)(di + 1);
@@ -1719,7 +1718,7 @@ int btrfs_readdir_delayed_dir_index(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 		d_type = btrfs_filetype_table[di->type];
 		btrfs_disk_key_to_cpu(&location, &di->location);
 
-		over = filldir(dirent, name, name_len, curr->key.offset,
+		over = !dir_emit(ctx, name, name_len,
 			       location.objectid, d_type);
 
 		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&curr->refs))
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.h b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.h
index 1d5c5f7abe3..a4b38f934d1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.h
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ void btrfs_put_delayed_items(struct list_head *ins_list,
 			     struct list_head *del_list);
 int btrfs_should_delete_dir_index(struct list_head *del_list,
 				  u64 index);
-int btrfs_readdir_delayed_dir_index(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
-				    filldir_t filldir,
+int btrfs_readdir_delayed_dir_index(struct dir_context *ctx,
 				    struct list_head *ins_list);
 
 /* for init */
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 17f3064b4a3..a46b656d08d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5137,10 +5137,9 @@ unsigned char btrfs_filetype_table[] = {
 	DT_UNKNOWN, DT_REG, DT_DIR, DT_CHR, DT_BLK, DT_FIFO, DT_SOCK, DT_LNK
 };
 
-static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
-			      filldir_t filldir)
+static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct btrfs_item *item;
 	struct btrfs_dir_item *di;
@@ -5161,29 +5160,15 @@ static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 	char tmp_name[32];
 	char *name_ptr;
 	int name_len;
-	int is_curr = 0;	/* filp->f_pos points to the current index? */
+	int is_curr = 0;	/* ctx->pos points to the current index? */
 
 	/* FIXME, use a real flag for deciding about the key type */
 	if (root->fs_info->tree_root == root)
 		key_type = BTRFS_DIR_ITEM_KEY;
 
-	/* special case for "." */
-	if (filp->f_pos == 0) {
-		over = filldir(dirent, ".", 1,
-			       filp->f_pos, btrfs_ino(inode), DT_DIR);
-		if (over)
-			return 0;
-		filp->f_pos = 1;
-	}
-	/* special case for .., just use the back ref */
-	if (filp->f_pos == 1) {
-		u64 pino = parent_ino(filp->f_path.dentry);
-		over = filldir(dirent, "..", 2,
-			       filp->f_pos, pino, DT_DIR);
-		if (over)
-			return 0;
-		filp->f_pos = 2;
-	}
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		return 0;
+
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -5197,7 +5182,7 @@ static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 	}
 
 	btrfs_set_key_type(&key, key_type);
-	key.offset = filp->f_pos;
+	key.offset = ctx->pos;
 	key.objectid = btrfs_ino(inode);
 
 	ret = btrfs_search_slot(NULL, root, &key, path, 0, 0);
@@ -5223,14 +5208,14 @@ static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 			break;
 		if (btrfs_key_type(&found_key) != key_type)
 			break;
-		if (found_key.offset < filp->f_pos)
+		if (found_key.offset < ctx->pos)
 			goto next;
 		if (key_type == BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY &&
 		    btrfs_should_delete_dir_index(&del_list,
 						  found_key.offset))
 			goto next;
 
-		filp->f_pos = found_key.offset;
+		ctx->pos = found_key.offset;
 		is_curr = 1;
 
 		di = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, slot, struct btrfs_dir_item);
@@ -5274,9 +5259,8 @@ static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 				over = 0;
 				goto skip;
 			}
-			over = filldir(dirent, name_ptr, name_len,
-				       found_key.offset, location.objectid,
-				       d_type);
+			over = !dir_emit(ctx, name_ptr, name_len,
+				       location.objectid, d_type);
 
 skip:
 			if (name_ptr != tmp_name)
@@ -5295,9 +5279,8 @@ next:
 
 	if (key_type == BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY) {
 		if (is_curr)
-			filp->f_pos++;
-		ret = btrfs_readdir_delayed_dir_index(filp, dirent, filldir,
-						      &ins_list);
+			ctx->pos++;
+		ret = btrfs_readdir_delayed_dir_index(ctx, &ins_list);
 		if (ret)
 			goto nopos;
 	}
@@ -5308,9 +5291,9 @@ next:
 		 * 32-bit glibc will use getdents64, but then strtol -
 		 * so the last number we can serve is this.
 		 */
-		filp->f_pos = 0x7fffffff;
+		ctx->pos = 0x7fffffff;
 	else
-		filp->f_pos++;
+		ctx->pos++;
 nopos:
 	ret = 0;
 err:
@@ -8731,7 +8714,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_dir_ro_inode_operations = {
 static const struct file_operations btrfs_dir_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= btrfs_real_readdir,
+	.iterate	= btrfs_real_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= btrfs_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= btrfs_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index f02d82b7933..a40ceda47a3 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -111,11 +111,10 @@ static unsigned fpos_off(loff_t p)
  * defined IFF we hold CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED (which will be revoked by
  * the MDS if/when the directory is modified).
  */
-static int __dcache_readdir(struct file *filp,
-			    void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int __dcache_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct ceph_file_info *fi = filp->private_data;
-	struct dentry *parent = filp->f_dentry;
+	struct ceph_file_info *fi = file->private_data;
+	struct dentry *parent = file->f_dentry;
 	struct inode *dir = parent->d_inode;
 	struct list_head *p;
 	struct dentry *dentry, *last;
@@ -126,14 +125,14 @@ static int __dcache_readdir(struct file *filp,
 	last = fi->dentry;
 	fi->dentry = NULL;
 
-	dout("__dcache_readdir %p at %llu (last %p)\n", dir, filp->f_pos,
+	dout("__dcache_readdir %p at %llu (last %p)\n", dir, ctx->pos,
 	     last);
 
 	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
 
 	/* start at beginning? */
-	if (filp->f_pos == 2 || last == NULL ||
-	    filp->f_pos < ceph_dentry(last)->offset) {
+	if (ctx->pos == 2 || last == NULL ||
+	    ctx->pos < ceph_dentry(last)->offset) {
 		if (list_empty(&parent->d_subdirs))
 			goto out_unlock;
 		p = parent->d_subdirs.prev;
@@ -157,11 +156,11 @@ more:
 		if (!d_unhashed(dentry) && dentry->d_inode &&
 		    ceph_snap(dentry->d_inode) != CEPH_SNAPDIR &&
 		    ceph_ino(dentry->d_inode) != CEPH_INO_CEPH &&
-		    filp->f_pos <= di->offset)
+		    ctx->pos <= di->offset)
 			break;
 		dout(" skipping %p %.*s at %llu (%llu)%s%s\n", dentry,
 		     dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, di->offset,
-		     filp->f_pos, d_unhashed(dentry) ? " unhashed" : "",
+		     ctx->pos, d_unhashed(dentry) ? " unhashed" : "",
 		     !dentry->d_inode ? " null" : "");
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		p = p->prev;
@@ -173,29 +172,27 @@ more:
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 
-	dout(" %llu (%llu) dentry %p %.*s %p\n", di->offset, filp->f_pos,
+	dout(" %llu (%llu) dentry %p %.*s %p\n", di->offset, ctx->pos,
 	     dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_inode);
-	filp->f_pos = di->offset;
-	err = filldir(dirent, dentry->d_name.name,
-		      dentry->d_name.len, di->offset,
+	ctx->pos = di->offset;
+	if (!dir_emit(ctx, dentry->d_name.name,
+		      dentry->d_name.len,
 		      ceph_translate_ino(dentry->d_sb, dentry->d_inode->i_ino),
-		      dentry->d_inode->i_mode >> 12);
-
-	if (last) {
-		if (err < 0) {
+		      dentry->d_inode->i_mode >> 12)) {
+		if (last) {
 			/* remember our position */
 			fi->dentry = last;
 			fi->next_offset = di->offset;
-		} else {
-			dput(last);
 		}
+		dput(dentry);
+		return 0;
 	}
-	last = dentry;
 
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto out;
+	if (last)
+		dput(last);
+	last = dentry;
 
-	filp->f_pos++;
+	ctx->pos++;
 
 	/* make sure a dentry wasn't dropped while we didn't have parent lock */
 	if (!ceph_dir_is_complete(dir)) {
@@ -235,59 +232,59 @@ static int note_last_dentry(struct ceph_file_info *fi, const char *name,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ceph_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int ceph_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct ceph_file_info *fi = filp->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct ceph_file_info *fi = file->private_data;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct ceph_fs_client *fsc = ceph_inode_to_client(inode);
 	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = fsc->mdsc;
-	unsigned frag = fpos_frag(filp->f_pos);
-	int off = fpos_off(filp->f_pos);
+	unsigned frag = fpos_frag(ctx->pos);
+	int off = fpos_off(ctx->pos);
 	int err;
 	u32 ftype;
 	struct ceph_mds_reply_info_parsed *rinfo;
 	const int max_entries = fsc->mount_options->max_readdir;
 	const int max_bytes = fsc->mount_options->max_readdir_bytes;
 
-	dout("readdir %p filp %p frag %u off %u\n", inode, filp, frag, off);
+	dout("readdir %p file %p frag %u off %u\n", inode, file, frag, off);
 	if (fi->flags & CEPH_F_ATEND)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* always start with . and .. */
-	if (filp->f_pos == 0) {
+	if (ctx->pos == 0) {
 		/* note dir version at start of readdir so we can tell
 		 * if any dentries get dropped */
 		fi->dir_release_count = atomic_read(&ci->i_release_count);
 
 		dout("readdir off 0 -> '.'\n");
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, ceph_make_fpos(0, 0),
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, ".", 1, 
 			    ceph_translate_ino(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino),
-			    inode->i_mode >> 12) < 0)
+			    inode->i_mode >> 12))
 			return 0;
-		filp->f_pos = 1;
+		ctx->pos = 1;
 		off = 1;
 	}
-	if (filp->f_pos == 1) {
-		ino_t ino = parent_ino(filp->f_dentry);
+	if (ctx->pos == 1) {
+		ino_t ino = parent_ino(file->f_dentry);
 		dout("readdir off 1 -> '..'\n");
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, ceph_make_fpos(0, 1),
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, "..", 2,
 			    ceph_translate_ino(inode->i_sb, ino),
-			    inode->i_mode >> 12) < 0)
+			    inode->i_mode >> 12))
 			return 0;
-		filp->f_pos = 2;
+		ctx->pos = 2;
 		off = 2;
 	}
 
 	/* can we use the dcache? */
 	spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
-	if ((filp->f_pos == 2 || fi->dentry) &&
+	if ((ctx->pos == 2 || fi->dentry) &&
 	    !ceph_test_mount_opt(fsc, NOASYNCREADDIR) &&
 	    ceph_snap(inode) != CEPH_SNAPDIR &&
 	    __ceph_dir_is_complete(ci) &&
 	    __ceph_caps_issued_mask(ci, CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED, 1)) {
 		spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
-		err = __dcache_readdir(filp, dirent, filldir);
+		err = __dcache_readdir(file, ctx);
 		if (err != -EAGAIN)
 			return err;
 	} else {
@@ -327,7 +324,7 @@ more:
 			return PTR_ERR(req);
 		req->r_inode = inode;
 		ihold(inode);
-		req->r_dentry = dget(filp->f_dentry);
+		req->r_dentry = dget(file->f_dentry);
 		/* hints to request -> mds selection code */
 		req->r_direct_mode = USE_AUTH_MDS;
 		req->r_direct_hash = ceph_frag_value(frag);
@@ -379,15 +376,16 @@ more:
 	rinfo = &fi->last_readdir->r_reply_info;
 	dout("readdir frag %x num %d off %d chunkoff %d\n", frag,
 	     rinfo->dir_nr, off, fi->offset);
+
+	ctx->pos = ceph_make_fpos(frag, off);
 	while (off >= fi->offset && off - fi->offset < rinfo->dir_nr) {
-		u64 pos = ceph_make_fpos(frag, off);
 		struct ceph_mds_reply_inode *in =
 			rinfo->dir_in[off - fi->offset].in;
 		struct ceph_vino vino;
 		ino_t ino;
 
 		dout("readdir off %d (%d/%d) -> %lld '%.*s' %p\n",
-		     off, off - fi->offset, rinfo->dir_nr, pos,
+		     off, off - fi->offset, rinfo->dir_nr, ctx->pos,
 		     rinfo->dir_dname_len[off - fi->offset],
 		     rinfo->dir_dname[off - fi->offset], in);
 		BUG_ON(!in);
@@ -395,16 +393,15 @@ more:
 		vino.ino = le64_to_cpu(in->ino);
 		vino.snap = le64_to_cpu(in->snapid);
 		ino = ceph_vino_to_ino(vino);
-		if (filldir(dirent,
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx,
 			    rinfo->dir_dname[off - fi->offset],
 			    rinfo->dir_dname_len[off - fi->offset],
-			    pos,
-			    ceph_translate_ino(inode->i_sb, ino), ftype) < 0) {
+			    ceph_translate_ino(inode->i_sb, ino), ftype)) {
 			dout("filldir stopping us...\n");
 			return 0;
 		}
 		off++;
-		filp->f_pos = pos + 1;
+		ctx->pos++;
 	}
 
 	if (fi->last_name) {
@@ -417,7 +414,7 @@ more:
 	if (!ceph_frag_is_rightmost(frag)) {
 		frag = ceph_frag_next(frag);
 		off = 0;
-		filp->f_pos = ceph_make_fpos(frag, off);
+		ctx->pos = ceph_make_fpos(frag, off);
 		dout("readdir next frag is %x\n", frag);
 		goto more;
 	}
@@ -432,11 +429,11 @@ more:
 	if (atomic_read(&ci->i_release_count) == fi->dir_release_count) {
 		dout(" marking %p complete\n", inode);
 		__ceph_dir_set_complete(ci, fi->dir_release_count);
-		ci->i_max_offset = filp->f_pos;
+		ci->i_max_offset = ctx->pos;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 
-	dout("readdir %p filp %p done.\n", inode, filp);
+	dout("readdir %p file %p done.\n", inode, file);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1268,7 +1265,7 @@ unsigned ceph_dentry_hash(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dn)
 
 const struct file_operations ceph_dir_fops = {
 	.read = ceph_read_dir,
-	.readdir = ceph_readdir,
+	.iterate = ceph_readdir,
 	.llseek = ceph_dir_llseek,
 	.open = ceph_open,
 	.release = ceph_release,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 3752b9f6d9e..540c1ccfcdb 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ const struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_nobrl_ops = {
 };
 
 const struct file_operations cifs_dir_ops = {
-	.readdir = cifs_readdir,
+	.iterate = cifs_readdir,
 	.release = cifs_closedir,
 	.read    = generic_read_dir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl  = cifs_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 0e32c3446ce..d05b3028e3b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ extern int cifs_file_mmap(struct file * , struct vm_area_struct *);
 extern int cifs_file_strict_mmap(struct file * , struct vm_area_struct *);
 extern const struct file_operations cifs_dir_ops;
 extern int cifs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
-extern int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *direntry, filldir_t filldir);
+extern int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx);
 
 /* Functions related to dir entries */
 extern const struct dentry_operations cifs_dentry_ops;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index 770d5a9781c..f1213799de1 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -537,14 +537,14 @@ static int cifs_save_resume_key(const char *current_entry,
  * every entry (do not increment for . or .. entry).
  */
 static int
-find_cifs_entry(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
+find_cifs_entry(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, loff_t pos,
 		struct file *file, char **current_entry, int *num_to_ret)
 {
 	__u16 search_flags;
 	int rc = 0;
 	int pos_in_buf = 0;
 	loff_t first_entry_in_buffer;
-	loff_t index_to_find = file->f_pos;
+	loff_t index_to_find = pos;
 	struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = file->private_data;
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = tcon->ses->server;
@@ -659,8 +659,9 @@ find_cifs_entry(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int cifs_filldir(char *find_entry, struct file *file, filldir_t filldir,
-		void *dirent, char *scratch_buf, unsigned int max_len)
+static int cifs_filldir(char *find_entry, struct file *file,
+		struct dir_context *ctx,
+		char *scratch_buf, unsigned int max_len)
 {
 	struct cifsFileInfo *file_info = file->private_data;
 	struct super_block *sb = file->f_path.dentry->d_sb;
@@ -740,13 +741,11 @@ static int cifs_filldir(char *find_entry, struct file *file, filldir_t filldir,
 	cifs_prime_dcache(file->f_dentry, &name, &fattr);
 
 	ino = cifs_uniqueid_to_ino_t(fattr.cf_uniqueid);
-	rc = filldir(dirent, name.name, name.len, file->f_pos, ino,
-		     fattr.cf_dtype);
-	return rc;
+	return !dir_emit(ctx, name.name, name.len, ino, fattr.cf_dtype);
 }
 
 
-int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *direntry, filldir_t filldir)
+int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 	unsigned int xid;
@@ -772,103 +771,86 @@ int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *direntry, filldir_t filldir)
 			goto rddir2_exit;
 	}
 
-	switch ((int) file->f_pos) {
-	case 0:
-		if (filldir(direntry, ".", 1, file->f_pos,
-		     file_inode(file)->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0) {
-			cifs_dbg(VFS, "Filldir for current dir failed\n");
-			rc = -ENOMEM;
-			break;
-		}
-		file->f_pos++;
-	case 1:
-		if (filldir(direntry, "..", 2, file->f_pos,
-		     parent_ino(file->f_path.dentry), DT_DIR) < 0) {
-			cifs_dbg(VFS, "Filldir for parent dir failed\n");
-			rc = -ENOMEM;
-			break;
-		}
-		file->f_pos++;
-	default:
-		/* 1) If search is active,
-			is in current search buffer?
-			if it before then restart search
-			if after then keep searching till find it */
-
-		if (file->private_data == NULL) {
-			rc = -EINVAL;
-			free_xid(xid);
-			return rc;
-		}
-		cifsFile = file->private_data;
-		if (cifsFile->srch_inf.endOfSearch) {
-			if (cifsFile->srch_inf.emptyDir) {
-				cifs_dbg(FYI, "End of search, empty dir\n");
-				rc = 0;
-				break;
-			}
-		} /* else {
-			cifsFile->invalidHandle = true;
-			tcon->ses->server->close(xid, tcon, &cifsFile->fid);
-		} */
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		goto rddir2_exit;
 
-		tcon = tlink_tcon(cifsFile->tlink);
-		rc = find_cifs_entry(xid, tcon, file, &current_entry,
-				     &num_to_fill);
-		if (rc) {
-			cifs_dbg(FYI, "fce error %d\n", rc);
-			goto rddir2_exit;
-		} else if (current_entry != NULL) {
-			cifs_dbg(FYI, "entry %lld found\n", file->f_pos);
-		} else {
-			cifs_dbg(FYI, "could not find entry\n");
+	/* 1) If search is active,
+		is in current search buffer?
+		if it before then restart search
+		if after then keep searching till find it */
+
+	if (file->private_data == NULL) {
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto rddir2_exit;
+	}
+	cifsFile = file->private_data;
+	if (cifsFile->srch_inf.endOfSearch) {
+		if (cifsFile->srch_inf.emptyDir) {
+			cifs_dbg(FYI, "End of search, empty dir\n");
+			rc = 0;
 			goto rddir2_exit;
 		}
-		cifs_dbg(FYI, "loop through %d times filling dir for net buf %p\n",
-			 num_to_fill, cifsFile->srch_inf.ntwrk_buf_start);
-		max_len = tcon->ses->server->ops->calc_smb_size(
-				cifsFile->srch_inf.ntwrk_buf_start);
-		end_of_smb = cifsFile->srch_inf.ntwrk_buf_start + max_len;
-
-		tmp_buf = kmalloc(UNICODE_NAME_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (tmp_buf == NULL) {
-			rc = -ENOMEM;
+	} /* else {
+		cifsFile->invalidHandle = true;
+		tcon->ses->server->close(xid, tcon, &cifsFile->fid);
+	} */
+
+	tcon = tlink_tcon(cifsFile->tlink);
+	rc = find_cifs_entry(xid, tcon, ctx->pos, file, &current_entry,
+			     &num_to_fill);
+	if (rc) {
+		cifs_dbg(FYI, "fce error %d\n", rc);
+		goto rddir2_exit;
+	} else if (current_entry != NULL) {
+		cifs_dbg(FYI, "entry %lld found\n", ctx->pos);
+	} else {
+		cifs_dbg(FYI, "could not find entry\n");
+		goto rddir2_exit;
+	}
+	cifs_dbg(FYI, "loop through %d times filling dir for net buf %p\n",
+		 num_to_fill, cifsFile->srch_inf.ntwrk_buf_start);
+	max_len = tcon->ses->server->ops->calc_smb_size(
+			cifsFile->srch_inf.ntwrk_buf_start);
+	end_of_smb = cifsFile->srch_inf.ntwrk_buf_start + max_len;
+
+	tmp_buf = kmalloc(UNICODE_NAME_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (tmp_buf == NULL) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto rddir2_exit;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_to_fill; i++) {
+		if (current_entry == NULL) {
+			/* evaluate whether this case is an error */
+			cifs_dbg(VFS, "past SMB end,  num to fill %d i %d\n",
+				 num_to_fill, i);
 			break;
 		}
-
-		for (i = 0; (i < num_to_fill) && (rc == 0); i++) {
-			if (current_entry == NULL) {
-				/* evaluate whether this case is an error */
-				cifs_dbg(VFS, "past SMB end,  num to fill %d i %d\n",
-					 num_to_fill, i);
-				break;
-			}
-			/*
-			 * if buggy server returns . and .. late do we want to
-			 * check for that here?
-			 */
-			rc = cifs_filldir(current_entry, file, filldir,
-					  direntry, tmp_buf, max_len);
-			if (rc == -EOVERFLOW) {
+		/*
+		 * if buggy server returns . and .. late do we want to
+		 * check for that here?
+		 */
+		rc = cifs_filldir(current_entry, file, ctx,
+				  tmp_buf, max_len);
+		if (rc) {
+			if (rc > 0)
 				rc = 0;
-				break;
-			}
-
-			file->f_pos++;
-			if (file->f_pos ==
-				cifsFile->srch_inf.index_of_last_entry) {
-				cifs_dbg(FYI, "last entry in buf at pos %lld %s\n",
-					 file->f_pos, tmp_buf);
-				cifs_save_resume_key(current_entry, cifsFile);
-				break;
-			} else
-				current_entry =
-					nxt_dir_entry(current_entry, end_of_smb,
-						cifsFile->srch_inf.info_level);
+			break;
 		}
-		kfree(tmp_buf);
-		break;
-	} /* end switch */
+
+		ctx->pos++;
+		if (ctx->pos ==
+			cifsFile->srch_inf.index_of_last_entry) {
+			cifs_dbg(FYI, "last entry in buf at pos %lld %s\n",
+				 ctx->pos, tmp_buf);
+			cifs_save_resume_key(current_entry, cifsFile);
+			break;
+		} else
+			current_entry =
+				nxt_dir_entry(current_entry, end_of_smb,
+					cifsFile->srch_inf.info_level);
+	}
+	kfree(tmp_buf);
 
 rddir2_exit:
 	free_xid(xid);
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index b7d3a05c062..87e0ee9f446 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -43,15 +43,14 @@ static int coda_rename(struct inode *old_inode, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                        struct inode *new_inode, struct dentry *new_dentry);
 
 /* dir file-ops */
-static int coda_readdir(struct file *file, void *buf, filldir_t filldir);
+static int coda_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx);
 
 /* dentry ops */
 static int coda_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *de, unsigned int flags);
 static int coda_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *);
 
 /* support routines */
-static int coda_venus_readdir(struct file *coda_file, void *buf,
-			      filldir_t filldir);
+static int coda_venus_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
 /* same as fs/bad_inode.c */
 static int coda_return_EIO(void)
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ const struct inode_operations coda_dir_inode_operations =
 const struct file_operations coda_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= coda_readdir,
+	.iterate	= coda_readdir,
 	.open		= coda_open,
 	.release	= coda_release,
 	.fsync		= coda_fsync,
@@ -378,7 +377,7 @@ static int coda_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 
 
 /* file operations for directories */
-static int coda_readdir(struct file *coda_file, void *buf, filldir_t filldir)
+static int coda_readdir(struct file *coda_file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct coda_file_info *cfi;
 	struct file *host_file;
@@ -391,30 +390,19 @@ static int coda_readdir(struct file *coda_file, void *buf, filldir_t filldir)
 	if (!host_file->f_op)
 		return -ENOTDIR;
 
-	if (host_file->f_op->readdir)
-	{
-		/* potemkin case: we were handed a directory inode.
-		 * We can't use vfs_readdir because we have to keep the file
-		 * position in sync between the coda_file and the host_file.
-		 * and as such we need grab the inode mutex. */
+	if (host_file->f_op->iterate) {
 		struct inode *host_inode = file_inode(host_file);
-
 		mutex_lock(&host_inode->i_mutex);
-		host_file->f_pos = coda_file->f_pos;
-
 		ret = -ENOENT;
 		if (!IS_DEADDIR(host_inode)) {
-			ret = host_file->f_op->readdir(host_file, buf, filldir);
+			ret = host_file->f_op->iterate(host_file, ctx);
 			file_accessed(host_file);
 		}
-
-		coda_file->f_pos = host_file->f_pos;
 		mutex_unlock(&host_inode->i_mutex);
+		return ret;
 	}
-	else /* Venus: we must read Venus dirents from a file */
-		ret = coda_venus_readdir(coda_file, buf, filldir);
-
-	return ret;
+	/* Venus: we must read Venus dirents from a file */
+	return coda_venus_readdir(coda_file, ctx);
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int CDT2DT(unsigned char cdt)
@@ -437,10 +425,8 @@ static inline unsigned int CDT2DT(unsigned char cdt)
 }
 
 /* support routines */
-static int coda_venus_readdir(struct file *coda_file, void *buf,
-			      filldir_t filldir)
+static int coda_venus_readdir(struct file *coda_file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	int result = 0; /* # of entries returned */
 	struct coda_file_info *cfi;
 	struct coda_inode_info *cii;
 	struct file *host_file;
@@ -462,23 +448,12 @@ static int coda_venus_readdir(struct file *coda_file, void *buf,
 	vdir = kmalloc(sizeof(*vdir), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vdir) return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (coda_file->f_pos == 0) {
-		ret = filldir(buf, ".", 1, 0, de->d_inode->i_ino, DT_DIR);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto out;
-		result++;
-		coda_file->f_pos++;
-	}
-	if (coda_file->f_pos == 1) {
-		ret = filldir(buf, "..", 2, 1, parent_ino(de), DT_DIR);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto out;
-		result++;
-		coda_file->f_pos++;
-	}
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(coda_file, ctx))
+		goto out;
+
 	while (1) {
 		/* read entries from the directory file */
-		ret = kernel_read(host_file, coda_file->f_pos - 2, (char *)vdir,
+		ret = kernel_read(host_file, ctx->pos - 2, (char *)vdir,
 				  sizeof(*vdir));
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "coda readdir: read dir %s failed %d\n",
@@ -507,7 +482,7 @@ static int coda_venus_readdir(struct file *coda_file, void *buf,
 
 		/* Make sure we skip '.' and '..', we already got those */
 		if (name.name[0] == '.' && (name.len == 1 ||
-		    (vdir->d_name[1] == '.' && name.len == 2)))
+		    (name.name[1] == '.' && name.len == 2)))
 			vdir->d_fileno = name.len = 0;
 
 		/* skip null entries */
@@ -520,19 +495,16 @@ static int coda_venus_readdir(struct file *coda_file, void *buf,
 			if (!ino) ino = vdir->d_fileno;
 
 			type = CDT2DT(vdir->d_type);
-			ret = filldir(buf, name.name, name.len,
-				      coda_file->f_pos, ino, type);
-			/* failure means no space for filling in this round */
-			if (ret < 0) break;
-			result++;
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, name.name, name.len, ino, type))
+				break;
 		}
 		/* we'll always have progress because d_reclen is unsigned and
 		 * we've already established it is non-zero. */
-		coda_file->f_pos += vdir->d_reclen;
+		ctx->pos += vdir->d_reclen;
 	}
 out:
 	kfree(vdir);
-	return result ? result : ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* called when a cache lookup succeeds */
diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index fc3b55dce18..6af20de2c1a 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -832,6 +832,7 @@ struct compat_old_linux_dirent {
 };
 
 struct compat_readdir_callback {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	struct compat_old_linux_dirent __user *dirent;
 	int result;
 };
@@ -873,15 +874,15 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_old_readdir(unsigned int fd,
 {
 	int error;
 	struct fd f = fdget(fd);
-	struct compat_readdir_callback buf;
+	struct compat_readdir_callback buf = {
+		.ctx.actor = compat_fillonedir,
+		.dirent = dirent
+	};
 
 	if (!f.file)
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	buf.result = 0;
-	buf.dirent = dirent;
-
-	error = vfs_readdir(f.file, compat_fillonedir, &buf);
+	error = iterate_dir(f.file, &buf.ctx);
 	if (buf.result)
 		error = buf.result;
 
@@ -897,6 +898,7 @@ struct compat_linux_dirent {
 };
 
 struct compat_getdents_callback {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	struct compat_linux_dirent __user *current_dir;
 	struct compat_linux_dirent __user *previous;
 	int count;
@@ -951,7 +953,11 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_getdents(unsigned int fd,
 {
 	struct fd f;
 	struct compat_linux_dirent __user * lastdirent;
-	struct compat_getdents_callback buf;
+	struct compat_getdents_callback buf = {
+		.ctx.actor = compat_filldir,
+		.current_dir = dirent,
+		.count = count
+	};
 	int error;
 
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, dirent, count))
@@ -961,17 +967,12 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_getdents(unsigned int fd,
 	if (!f.file)
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	buf.current_dir = dirent;
-	buf.previous = NULL;
-	buf.count = count;
-	buf.error = 0;
-
-	error = vfs_readdir(f.file, compat_filldir, &buf);
+	error = iterate_dir(f.file, &buf.ctx);
 	if (error >= 0)
 		error = buf.error;
 	lastdirent = buf.previous;
 	if (lastdirent) {
-		if (put_user(f.file->f_pos, &lastdirent->d_off))
+		if (put_user(buf.ctx.pos, &lastdirent->d_off))
 			error = -EFAULT;
 		else
 			error = count - buf.count;
@@ -983,6 +984,7 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_getdents(unsigned int fd,
 #ifndef __ARCH_OMIT_COMPAT_SYS_GETDENTS64
 
 struct compat_getdents_callback64 {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	struct linux_dirent64 __user *current_dir;
 	struct linux_dirent64 __user *previous;
 	int count;
@@ -1036,7 +1038,11 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_getdents64(unsigned int fd,
 {
 	struct fd f;
 	struct linux_dirent64 __user * lastdirent;
-	struct compat_getdents_callback64 buf;
+	struct compat_getdents_callback64 buf = {
+		.ctx.actor = compat_filldir64,
+		.current_dir = dirent,
+		.count = count
+	};
 	int error;
 
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, dirent, count))
@@ -1046,17 +1052,12 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_getdents64(unsigned int fd,
 	if (!f.file)
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	buf.current_dir = dirent;
-	buf.previous = NULL;
-	buf.count = count;
-	buf.error = 0;
-
-	error = vfs_readdir(f.file, compat_filldir64, &buf);
+	error = iterate_dir(f.file, &buf.ctx);
 	if (error >= 0)
 		error = buf.error;
 	lastdirent = buf.previous;
 	if (lastdirent) {
-		typeof(lastdirent->d_off) d_off = f.file->f_pos;
+		typeof(lastdirent->d_off) d_off = buf.ctx.pos;
 		if (__put_user_unaligned(d_off, &lastdirent->d_off))
 			error = -EFAULT;
 		else
diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
index 996cdc5abb8..5d19acfa7c6 100644
--- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
 #include <linux/gigaset_dev.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-#include <linux/loop.h>
 #include <linux/cdrom.h>
 #include <linux/fd.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi.h>
@@ -954,8 +953,6 @@ COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(MTIOCTOP)
 /* Socket level stuff */
 COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(FIOQSIZE)
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-/* loop */
-IGNORE_IOCTL(LOOP_CLR_FD)
 /* md calls this on random blockdevs */
 IGNORE_IOCTL(RAID_VERSION)
 /* qemu/qemu-img might call these two on plain files for probing */
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 7aabc6ad4e9..64e5323cbbb 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1532,84 +1532,66 @@ static inline unsigned char dt_type(struct configfs_dirent *sd)
 	return (sd->s_mode >> 12) & 15;
 }
 
-static int configfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int configfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
 	struct configfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct configfs_dirent *cursor = filp->private_data;
+	struct configfs_dirent *cursor = file->private_data;
 	struct list_head *p, *q = &cursor->s_sibling;
 	ino_t ino = 0;
-	int i = filp->f_pos;
 
-	switch (i) {
-		case 0:
-			ino = dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
-			if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-				break;
-			filp->f_pos++;
-			i++;
-			/* fallthrough */
-		case 1:
-			ino = parent_ino(dentry);
-			if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-				break;
-			filp->f_pos++;
-			i++;
-			/* fallthrough */
-		default:
-			if (filp->f_pos == 2) {
-				spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
-				list_move(q, &parent_sd->s_children);
-				spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
-			}
-			for (p=q->next; p!= &parent_sd->s_children; p=p->next) {
-				struct configfs_dirent *next;
-				const char * name;
-				int len;
-				struct inode *inode = NULL;
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		return 0;
+	if (ctx->pos == 2) {
+		spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
+		list_move(q, &parent_sd->s_children);
+		spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
+	}
+	for (p = q->next; p != &parent_sd->s_children; p = p->next) {
+		struct configfs_dirent *next;
+		const char *name;
+		int len;
+		struct inode *inode = NULL;
+
+		next = list_entry(p, struct configfs_dirent, s_sibling);
+		if (!next->s_element)
+			continue;
 
-				next = list_entry(p, struct configfs_dirent,
-						   s_sibling);
-				if (!next->s_element)
-					continue;
-
-				name = configfs_get_name(next);
-				len = strlen(name);
-
-				/*
-				 * We'll have a dentry and an inode for
-				 * PINNED items and for open attribute
-				 * files.  We lock here to prevent a race
-				 * with configfs_d_iput() clearing
-				 * s_dentry before calling iput().
-				 *
-				 * Why do we go to the trouble?  If
-				 * someone has an attribute file open,
-				 * the inode number should match until
-				 * they close it.  Beyond that, we don't
-				 * care.
-				 */
-				spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
-				dentry = next->s_dentry;
-				if (dentry)
-					inode = dentry->d_inode;
-				if (inode)
-					ino = inode->i_ino;
-				spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
-				if (!inode)
-					ino = iunique(sb, 2);
+		name = configfs_get_name(next);
+		len = strlen(name);
+
+		/*
+		 * We'll have a dentry and an inode for
+		 * PINNED items and for open attribute
+		 * files.  We lock here to prevent a race
+		 * with configfs_d_iput() clearing
+		 * s_dentry before calling iput().
+		 *
+		 * Why do we go to the trouble?  If
+		 * someone has an attribute file open,
+		 * the inode number should match until
+		 * they close it.  Beyond that, we don't
+		 * care.
+		 */
+		spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
+		dentry = next->s_dentry;
+		if (dentry)
+			inode = dentry->d_inode;
+		if (inode)
+			ino = inode->i_ino;
+		spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
+		if (!inode)
+			ino = iunique(sb, 2);
 
-				if (filldir(dirent, name, len, filp->f_pos, ino,
-						 dt_type(next)) < 0)
-					return 0;
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, name, len, ino, dt_type(next)))
+			return 0;
 
-				spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
-				list_move(q, p);
-				spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
-				p = q;
-				filp->f_pos++;
-			}
+		spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
+		list_move(q, p);
+		spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
+		p = q;
+		ctx->pos++;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1661,7 +1643,7 @@ const struct file_operations configfs_dir_operations = {
 	.release	= configfs_dir_close,
 	.llseek		= configfs_dir_lseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= configfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= configfs_readdir,
 };
 
 int configfs_register_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
diff --git a/fs/cramfs/inode.c b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
index 35b1c7bd18b..e501ac3a49f 100644
--- a/fs/cramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
@@ -349,18 +349,17 @@ static int cramfs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 /*
  * Read a cramfs directory entry.
  */
-static int cramfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int cramfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	char *buf;
 	unsigned int offset;
-	int copied;
 
 	/* Offset within the thing. */
-	offset = filp->f_pos;
-	if (offset >= inode->i_size)
+	if (ctx->pos >= inode->i_size)
 		return 0;
+	offset = ctx->pos;
 	/* Directory entries are always 4-byte aligned */
 	if (offset & 3)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -369,14 +368,13 @@ static int cramfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	copied = 0;
 	while (offset < inode->i_size) {
 		struct cramfs_inode *de;
 		unsigned long nextoffset;
 		char *name;
 		ino_t ino;
 		umode_t mode;
-		int namelen, error;
+		int namelen;
 
 		mutex_lock(&read_mutex);
 		de = cramfs_read(sb, OFFSET(inode) + offset, sizeof(*de)+CRAMFS_MAXPATHLEN);
@@ -402,13 +400,10 @@ static int cramfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				break;
 			namelen--;
 		}
-		error = filldir(dirent, buf, namelen, offset, ino, mode >> 12);
-		if (error)
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, buf, namelen, ino, mode >> 12))
 			break;
 
-		offset = nextoffset;
-		filp->f_pos = offset;
-		copied++;
+		ctx->pos = offset = nextoffset;
 	}
 	kfree(buf);
 	return 0;
@@ -547,7 +542,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations cramfs_aops = {
 static const struct file_operations cramfs_directory_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= cramfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= cramfs_readdir,
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations cramfs_dir_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index a7abbea2c09..9aa05e08060 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ static ssize_t ecryptfs_read_update_atime(struct kiocb *iocb,
 }
 
 struct ecryptfs_getdents_callback {
-	void *dirent;
+	struct dir_context ctx;
+	struct dir_context *caller;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
-	filldir_t filldir;
 	int filldir_called;
 	int entries_written;
 };
@@ -96,9 +96,10 @@ ecryptfs_filldir(void *dirent, const char *lower_name, int lower_namelen,
 		       rc);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	rc = buf->filldir(buf->dirent, name, name_size, offset, ino, d_type);
+	buf->caller->pos = buf->ctx.pos;
+	rc = !dir_emit(buf->caller, name, name_size, ino, d_type);
 	kfree(name);
-	if (rc >= 0)
+	if (!rc)
 		buf->entries_written++;
 out:
 	return rc;
@@ -107,27 +108,23 @@ out:
 /**
  * ecryptfs_readdir
  * @file: The eCryptfs directory file
- * @dirent: Directory entry handle
- * @filldir: The filldir callback function
+ * @ctx: The actor to feed the entries to
  */
-static int ecryptfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int ecryptfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct file *lower_file;
 	struct inode *inode;
-	struct ecryptfs_getdents_callback buf;
-
+	struct ecryptfs_getdents_callback buf = {
+		.ctx.actor = ecryptfs_filldir,
+		.caller = ctx,
+		.dentry = file->f_path.dentry
+	};
 	lower_file = ecryptfs_file_to_lower(file);
-	lower_file->f_pos = file->f_pos;
+	lower_file->f_pos = ctx->pos;
 	inode = file_inode(file);
-	memset(&buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
-	buf.dirent = dirent;
-	buf.dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
-	buf.filldir = filldir;
-	buf.filldir_called = 0;
-	buf.entries_written = 0;
-	rc = vfs_readdir(lower_file, ecryptfs_filldir, (void *)&buf);
-	file->f_pos = lower_file->f_pos;
+	rc = iterate_dir(lower_file, &buf.ctx);
+	ctx->pos = buf.ctx.pos;
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto out;
 	if (buf.filldir_called && !buf.entries_written)
@@ -344,7 +341,7 @@ ecryptfs_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 #endif
 
 const struct file_operations ecryptfs_dir_fops = {
-	.readdir = ecryptfs_readdir,
+	.iterate = ecryptfs_readdir,
 	.read = generic_read_dir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ecryptfs_unlocked_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
@@ -365,7 +362,7 @@ const struct file_operations ecryptfs_main_fops = {
 	.aio_read = ecryptfs_read_update_atime,
 	.write = do_sync_write,
 	.aio_write = generic_file_aio_write,
-	.readdir = ecryptfs_readdir,
+	.iterate = ecryptfs_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ecryptfs_unlocked_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl = ecryptfs_compat_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/efs/dir.c b/fs/efs/dir.c
index 055a9e9ca74..b72307ccdf7 100644
--- a/fs/efs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/efs/dir.c
@@ -7,40 +7,38 @@
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include "efs.h"
 
-static int efs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
+static int efs_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
 const struct file_operations efs_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= efs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= efs_readdir,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations efs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= efs_lookup,
 };
 
-static int efs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir) {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
-
-	struct efs_dir		*dirblock;
-	struct efs_dentry	*dirslot;
-	efs_ino_t		inodenum;
+static int efs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	efs_block_t		block;
-	int			slot, namelen;
-	char			*nameptr;
+	int			slot;
 
 	if (inode->i_size & (EFS_DIRBSIZE-1))
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "EFS: WARNING: readdir(): directory size not a multiple of EFS_DIRBSIZE\n");
 
 	/* work out where this entry can be found */
-	block = filp->f_pos >> EFS_DIRBSIZE_BITS;
+	block = ctx->pos >> EFS_DIRBSIZE_BITS;
 
 	/* each block contains at most 256 slots */
-	slot  = filp->f_pos & 0xff;
+	slot  = ctx->pos & 0xff;
 
 	/* look at all blocks */
 	while (block < inode->i_blocks) {
+		struct efs_dir		*dirblock;
+		struct buffer_head *bh;
+
 		/* read the dir block */
 		bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, efs_bmap(inode, block));
 
@@ -57,11 +55,14 @@ static int efs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir) {
 			break;
 		}
 
-		while (slot < dirblock->slots) {
-			if (dirblock->space[slot] == 0) {
-				slot++;
+		for (; slot < dirblock->slots; slot++) {
+			struct efs_dentry *dirslot;
+			efs_ino_t inodenum;
+			const char *nameptr;
+			int namelen;
+
+			if (dirblock->space[slot] == 0)
 				continue;
-			}
 
 			dirslot  = (struct efs_dentry *) (((char *) bh->b_data) + EFS_SLOTAT(dirblock, slot));
 
@@ -72,39 +73,29 @@ static int efs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir) {
 #ifdef DEBUG
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG "EFS: readdir(): block %d slot %d/%d: inode %u, name \"%s\", namelen %u\n", block, slot, dirblock->slots-1, inodenum, nameptr, namelen);
 #endif
-			if (namelen > 0) {
-				/* found the next entry */
-				filp->f_pos = (block << EFS_DIRBSIZE_BITS) | slot;
-
-				/* copy filename and data in dirslot */
-				filldir(dirent, nameptr, namelen, filp->f_pos, inodenum, DT_UNKNOWN);
-
-				/* sanity check */
-				if (nameptr - (char *) dirblock + namelen > EFS_DIRBSIZE) {
-					printk(KERN_WARNING "EFS: directory entry %d exceeds directory block\n", slot);
-					slot++;
-					continue;
-				}
-
-				/* store position of next slot */
-				if (++slot == dirblock->slots) {
-					slot = 0;
-					block++;
-				}
+			if (!namelen)
+				continue;
+			/* found the next entry */
+			ctx->pos = (block << EFS_DIRBSIZE_BITS) | slot;
+
+			/* sanity check */
+			if (nameptr - (char *) dirblock + namelen > EFS_DIRBSIZE) {
+				printk(KERN_WARNING "EFS: directory entry %d exceeds directory block\n", slot);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			/* copy filename and data in dirslot */
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, nameptr, namelen, inodenum, DT_UNKNOWN)) {
 				brelse(bh);
-				filp->f_pos = (block << EFS_DIRBSIZE_BITS) | slot;
-				goto out;
+				return 0;
 			}
-			slot++;
 		}
 		brelse(bh);
 
 		slot = 0;
 		block++;
 	}
-
-	filp->f_pos = (block << EFS_DIRBSIZE_BITS) | slot;
-out:
+	ctx->pos = (block << EFS_DIRBSIZE_BITS) | slot;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/exofs/dir.c b/fs/exofs/dir.c
index 46375896cfc..49f51ab4caa 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/dir.c
@@ -239,22 +239,19 @@ void exofs_set_de_type(struct exofs_dir_entry *de, struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 static int
-exofs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+exofs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	loff_t pos = filp->f_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	loff_t pos = ctx->pos;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	unsigned int offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
 	unsigned chunk_mask = ~(exofs_chunk_size(inode)-1);
-	unsigned char *types = NULL;
-	int need_revalidate = (filp->f_version != inode->i_version);
+	int need_revalidate = (file->f_version != inode->i_version);
 
 	if (pos > inode->i_size - EXOFS_DIR_REC_LEN(1))
 		return 0;
 
-	types = exofs_filetype_table;
-
 	for ( ; n < npages; n++, offset = 0) {
 		char *kaddr, *limit;
 		struct exofs_dir_entry *de;
@@ -263,7 +260,7 @@ exofs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		if (IS_ERR(page)) {
 			EXOFS_ERR("ERROR: bad page in directory(0x%lx)\n",
 				  inode->i_ino);
-			filp->f_pos += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
+			ctx->pos += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
 			return PTR_ERR(page);
 		}
 		kaddr = page_address(page);
@@ -271,9 +268,9 @@ exofs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			if (offset) {
 				offset = exofs_validate_entry(kaddr, offset,
 								chunk_mask);
-				filp->f_pos = (n<<PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + offset;
+				ctx->pos = (n<<PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + offset;
 			}
-			filp->f_version = inode->i_version;
+			file->f_version = inode->i_version;
 			need_revalidate = 0;
 		}
 		de = (struct exofs_dir_entry *)(kaddr + offset);
@@ -288,27 +285,24 @@ exofs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				return -EIO;
 			}
 			if (de->inode_no) {
-				int over;
-				unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
+				unsigned char t;
 
-				if (types && de->file_type < EXOFS_FT_MAX)
-					d_type = types[de->file_type];
+				if (de->file_type < EXOFS_FT_MAX)
+					t = exofs_filetype_table[de->file_type];
+				else
+					t = DT_UNKNOWN;
 
-				offset = (char *)de - kaddr;
-				over = filldir(dirent, de->name, de->name_len,
-						(n<<PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) | offset,
+				if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name, de->name_len,
 						le64_to_cpu(de->inode_no),
-						d_type);
-				if (over) {
+						t)) {
 					exofs_put_page(page);
 					return 0;
 				}
 			}
-			filp->f_pos += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
+			ctx->pos += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
 		}
 		exofs_put_page(page);
 	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -669,5 +663,5 @@ not_empty:
 const struct file_operations exofs_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= exofs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= exofs_readdir,
 };
diff --git a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
index 262fc994098..293bc2e47a7 100644
--- a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
+++ b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ reconnect_path(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *target_dir, char *nbuf)
 }
 
 struct getdents_callback {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	char *name;		/* name that was found. It already points to a
 				   buffer NAME_MAX+1 is size */
 	unsigned long ino;	/* the inum we are looking for */
@@ -254,7 +255,11 @@ static int get_name(const struct path *path, char *name, struct dentry *child)
 	struct inode *dir = path->dentry->d_inode;
 	int error;
 	struct file *file;
-	struct getdents_callback buffer;
+	struct getdents_callback buffer = {
+		.ctx.actor = filldir_one,
+		.name = name,
+		.ino = child->d_inode->i_ino
+	};
 
 	error = -ENOTDIR;
 	if (!dir || !S_ISDIR(dir->i_mode))
@@ -271,17 +276,14 @@ static int get_name(const struct path *path, char *name, struct dentry *child)
 		goto out;
 
 	error = -EINVAL;
-	if (!file->f_op->readdir)
+	if (!file->f_op->iterate)
 		goto out_close;
 
-	buffer.name = name;
-	buffer.ino = child->d_inode->i_ino;
-	buffer.found = 0;
 	buffer.sequence = 0;
 	while (1) {
 		int old_seq = buffer.sequence;
 
-		error = vfs_readdir(file, filldir_one, &buffer);
+		error = iterate_dir(file, &buffer.ctx);
 		if (buffer.found) {
 			error = 0;
 			break;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 4237722bfd2..6e1d4ab09d7 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -287,17 +287,17 @@ static inline void ext2_set_de_type(ext2_dirent *de, struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 static int
-ext2_readdir (struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+ext2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	loff_t pos = filp->f_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	loff_t pos = ctx->pos;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	unsigned int offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
 	unsigned chunk_mask = ~(ext2_chunk_size(inode)-1);
 	unsigned char *types = NULL;
-	int need_revalidate = filp->f_version != inode->i_version;
+	int need_revalidate = file->f_version != inode->i_version;
 
 	if (pos > inode->i_size - EXT2_DIR_REC_LEN(1))
 		return 0;
@@ -314,16 +314,16 @@ ext2_readdir (struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			ext2_error(sb, __func__,
 				   "bad page in #%lu",
 				   inode->i_ino);
-			filp->f_pos += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
+			ctx->pos += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
 			return PTR_ERR(page);
 		}
 		kaddr = page_address(page);
 		if (unlikely(need_revalidate)) {
 			if (offset) {
 				offset = ext2_validate_entry(kaddr, offset, chunk_mask);
-				filp->f_pos = (n<<PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + offset;
+				ctx->pos = (n<<PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + offset;
 			}
-			filp->f_version = inode->i_version;
+			file->f_version = inode->i_version;
 			need_revalidate = 0;
 		}
 		de = (ext2_dirent *)(kaddr+offset);
@@ -336,22 +336,19 @@ ext2_readdir (struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				return -EIO;
 			}
 			if (de->inode) {
-				int over;
 				unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
 
 				if (types && de->file_type < EXT2_FT_MAX)
 					d_type = types[de->file_type];
 
-				offset = (char *)de - kaddr;
-				over = filldir(dirent, de->name, de->name_len,
-						(n<<PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) | offset,
-						le32_to_cpu(de->inode), d_type);
-				if (over) {
+				if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name, de->name_len,
+						le32_to_cpu(de->inode),
+						d_type)) {
 					ext2_put_page(page);
 					return 0;
 				}
 			}
-			filp->f_pos += ext2_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len);
+			ctx->pos += ext2_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len);
 		}
 		ext2_put_page(page);
 	}
@@ -724,7 +721,7 @@ not_empty:
 const struct file_operations ext2_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= ext2_readdir,
+	.iterate	= ext2_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ext2_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ext2_compat_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/dir.c b/fs/ext3/dir.c
index 87eccbbca25..f522425aaa2 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ static unsigned char ext3_filetype_table[] = {
 	DT_UNKNOWN, DT_REG, DT_DIR, DT_CHR, DT_BLK, DT_FIFO, DT_SOCK, DT_LNK
 };
 
-static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
-			   void * dirent, filldir_t filldir);
+static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
 static unsigned char get_dtype(struct super_block *sb, int filetype)
 {
@@ -91,36 +90,30 @@ int ext3_check_dir_entry (const char * function, struct inode * dir,
 	return error_msg == NULL ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
-static int ext3_readdir(struct file * filp,
-			 void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int ext3_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	int error = 0;
 	unsigned long offset;
-	int i, stored;
+	int i;
 	struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *de;
 	int err;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	int ret = 0;
 	int dir_has_error = 0;
 
 	if (is_dx_dir(inode)) {
-		err = ext3_dx_readdir(filp, dirent, filldir);
-		if (err != ERR_BAD_DX_DIR) {
-			ret = err;
-			goto out;
-		}
+		err = ext3_dx_readdir(file, ctx);
+		if (err != ERR_BAD_DX_DIR)
+			return err;
 		/*
 		 * We don't set the inode dirty flag since it's not
 		 * critical that it get flushed back to the disk.
 		 */
-		EXT3_I(file_inode(filp))->i_flags &= ~EXT3_INDEX_FL;
+		EXT3_I(inode)->i_flags &= ~EXT3_INDEX_FL;
 	}
-	stored = 0;
-	offset = filp->f_pos & (sb->s_blocksize - 1);
+	offset = ctx->pos & (sb->s_blocksize - 1);
 
-	while (!error && !stored && filp->f_pos < inode->i_size) {
-		unsigned long blk = filp->f_pos >> EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb);
+	while (ctx->pos < inode->i_size) {
+		unsigned long blk = ctx->pos >> EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb);
 		struct buffer_head map_bh;
 		struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 
@@ -129,12 +122,12 @@ static int ext3_readdir(struct file * filp,
 		if (err > 0) {
 			pgoff_t index = map_bh.b_blocknr >>
 					(PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits);
-			if (!ra_has_index(&filp->f_ra, index))
+			if (!ra_has_index(&file->f_ra, index))
 				page_cache_sync_readahead(
 					sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping,
-					&filp->f_ra, filp,
+					&file->f_ra, file,
 					index, 1);
-			filp->f_ra.prev_pos = (loff_t)index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+			file->f_ra.prev_pos = (loff_t)index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 			bh = ext3_bread(NULL, inode, blk, 0, &err);
 		}
 
@@ -146,22 +139,21 @@ static int ext3_readdir(struct file * filp,
 			if (!dir_has_error) {
 				ext3_error(sb, __func__, "directory #%lu "
 					"contains a hole at offset %lld",
-					inode->i_ino, filp->f_pos);
+					inode->i_ino, ctx->pos);
 				dir_has_error = 1;
 			}
 			/* corrupt size?  Maybe no more blocks to read */
-			if (filp->f_pos > inode->i_blocks << 9)
+			if (ctx->pos > inode->i_blocks << 9)
 				break;
-			filp->f_pos += sb->s_blocksize - offset;
+			ctx->pos += sb->s_blocksize - offset;
 			continue;
 		}
 
-revalidate:
 		/* If the dir block has changed since the last call to
 		 * readdir(2), then we might be pointing to an invalid
 		 * dirent right now.  Scan from the start of the block
 		 * to make sure. */
-		if (filp->f_version != inode->i_version) {
+		if (offset && file->f_version != inode->i_version) {
 			for (i = 0; i < sb->s_blocksize && i < offset; ) {
 				de = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *)
 					(bh->b_data + i);
@@ -177,53 +169,40 @@ revalidate:
 				i += ext3_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len);
 			}
 			offset = i;
-			filp->f_pos = (filp->f_pos & ~(sb->s_blocksize - 1))
+			ctx->pos = (ctx->pos & ~(sb->s_blocksize - 1))
 				| offset;
-			filp->f_version = inode->i_version;
+			file->f_version = inode->i_version;
 		}
 
-		while (!error && filp->f_pos < inode->i_size
+		while (ctx->pos < inode->i_size
 		       && offset < sb->s_blocksize) {
 			de = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *) (bh->b_data + offset);
 			if (!ext3_check_dir_entry ("ext3_readdir", inode, de,
 						   bh, offset)) {
-				/* On error, skip the f_pos to the
+				/* On error, skip the to the
                                    next block. */
-				filp->f_pos = (filp->f_pos |
+				ctx->pos = (ctx->pos |
 						(sb->s_blocksize - 1)) + 1;
-				brelse (bh);
-				ret = stored;
-				goto out;
+				break;
 			}
 			offset += ext3_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len);
 			if (le32_to_cpu(de->inode)) {
-				/* We might block in the next section
-				 * if the data destination is
-				 * currently swapped out.  So, use a
-				 * version stamp to detect whether or
-				 * not the directory has been modified
-				 * during the copy operation.
-				 */
-				u64 version = filp->f_version;
-
-				error = filldir(dirent, de->name,
-						de->name_len,
-						filp->f_pos,
-						le32_to_cpu(de->inode),
-						get_dtype(sb, de->file_type));
-				if (error)
-					break;
-				if (version != filp->f_version)
-					goto revalidate;
-				stored ++;
+				if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name, de->name_len,
+					      le32_to_cpu(de->inode),
+					      get_dtype(sb, de->file_type))) {
+					brelse(bh);
+					return 0;
+				}
 			}
-			filp->f_pos += ext3_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len);
+			ctx->pos += ext3_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len);
 		}
 		offset = 0;
 		brelse (bh);
+		if (ctx->pos < inode->i_size)
+			if (!dir_relax(inode))
+				return 0;
 	}
-out:
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline int is_32bit_api(void)
@@ -452,62 +431,54 @@ int ext3_htree_store_dirent(struct file *dir_file, __u32 hash,
  * for all entres on the fname linked list.  (Normally there is only
  * one entry on the linked list, unless there are 62 bit hash collisions.)
  */
-static int call_filldir(struct file * filp, void * dirent,
-			filldir_t filldir, struct fname *fname)
+static bool call_filldir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
+			struct fname *fname)
 {
-	struct dir_private_info *info = filp->private_data;
-	loff_t	curr_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
-	struct super_block * sb;
-	int error;
-
-	sb = inode->i_sb;
+	struct dir_private_info *info = file->private_data;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 
 	if (!fname) {
 		printk("call_filldir: called with null fname?!?\n");
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 	}
-	curr_pos = hash2pos(filp, fname->hash, fname->minor_hash);
+	ctx->pos = hash2pos(file, fname->hash, fname->minor_hash);
 	while (fname) {
-		error = filldir(dirent, fname->name,
-				fname->name_len, curr_pos,
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, fname->name, fname->name_len,
 				fname->inode,
-				get_dtype(sb, fname->file_type));
-		if (error) {
-			filp->f_pos = curr_pos;
+				get_dtype(sb, fname->file_type))) {
 			info->extra_fname = fname;
-			return error;
+			return false;
 		}
 		fname = fname->next;
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 }
 
-static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
-			 void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct dir_private_info *info = filp->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct dir_private_info *info = file->private_data;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct fname *fname;
 	int	ret;
 
 	if (!info) {
-		info = ext3_htree_create_dir_info(filp, filp->f_pos);
+		info = ext3_htree_create_dir_info(file, ctx->pos);
 		if (!info)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		filp->private_data = info;
+		file->private_data = info;
 	}
 
-	if (filp->f_pos == ext3_get_htree_eof(filp))
+	if (ctx->pos == ext3_get_htree_eof(file))
 		return 0;	/* EOF */
 
 	/* Some one has messed with f_pos; reset the world */
-	if (info->last_pos != filp->f_pos) {
+	if (info->last_pos != ctx->pos) {
 		free_rb_tree_fname(&info->root);
 		info->curr_node = NULL;
 		info->extra_fname = NULL;
-		info->curr_hash = pos2maj_hash(filp, filp->f_pos);
-		info->curr_minor_hash = pos2min_hash(filp, filp->f_pos);
+		info->curr_hash = pos2maj_hash(file, ctx->pos);
+		info->curr_minor_hash = pos2min_hash(file, ctx->pos);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -515,7 +486,7 @@ static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
 	 * chain, return them first.
 	 */
 	if (info->extra_fname) {
-		if (call_filldir(filp, dirent, filldir, info->extra_fname))
+		if (!call_filldir(file, ctx, info->extra_fname))
 			goto finished;
 		info->extra_fname = NULL;
 		goto next_node;
@@ -529,17 +500,17 @@ static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
 		 * cached entries.
 		 */
 		if ((!info->curr_node) ||
-		    (filp->f_version != inode->i_version)) {
+		    (file->f_version != inode->i_version)) {
 			info->curr_node = NULL;
 			free_rb_tree_fname(&info->root);
-			filp->f_version = inode->i_version;
-			ret = ext3_htree_fill_tree(filp, info->curr_hash,
+			file->f_version = inode->i_version;
+			ret = ext3_htree_fill_tree(file, info->curr_hash,
 						   info->curr_minor_hash,
 						   &info->next_hash);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
 			if (ret == 0) {
-				filp->f_pos = ext3_get_htree_eof(filp);
+				ctx->pos = ext3_get_htree_eof(file);
 				break;
 			}
 			info->curr_node = rb_first(&info->root);
@@ -548,7 +519,7 @@ static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
 		fname = rb_entry(info->curr_node, struct fname, rb_hash);
 		info->curr_hash = fname->hash;
 		info->curr_minor_hash = fname->minor_hash;
-		if (call_filldir(filp, dirent, filldir, fname))
+		if (!call_filldir(file, ctx, fname))
 			break;
 	next_node:
 		info->curr_node = rb_next(info->curr_node);
@@ -559,7 +530,7 @@ static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
 			info->curr_minor_hash = fname->minor_hash;
 		} else {
 			if (info->next_hash == ~0) {
-				filp->f_pos = ext3_get_htree_eof(filp);
+				ctx->pos = ext3_get_htree_eof(file);
 				break;
 			}
 			info->curr_hash = info->next_hash;
@@ -567,7 +538,7 @@ static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
 		}
 	}
 finished:
-	info->last_pos = filp->f_pos;
+	info->last_pos = ctx->pos;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -582,7 +553,7 @@ static int ext3_release_dir (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 const struct file_operations ext3_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= ext3_dir_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= ext3_readdir,
+	.iterate	= ext3_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ext3_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ext3_compat_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index f8d56e4254e..3c7d288ae94 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 #include "ext4.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
 
-static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *filp,
-			   void *dirent, filldir_t filldir);
+static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
 /**
  * Check if the given dir-inode refers to an htree-indexed directory
@@ -103,60 +102,56 @@ int __ext4_check_dir_entry(const char *function, unsigned int line,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static int ext4_readdir(struct file *filp,
-			 void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int ext4_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	int error = 0;
 	unsigned int offset;
 	int i, stored;
 	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
 	int err;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	int ret = 0;
 	int dir_has_error = 0;
 
 	if (is_dx_dir(inode)) {
-		err = ext4_dx_readdir(filp, dirent, filldir);
+		err = ext4_dx_readdir(file, ctx);
 		if (err != ERR_BAD_DX_DIR) {
-			ret = err;
-			goto out;
+			return err;
 		}
 		/*
 		 * We don't set the inode dirty flag since it's not
 		 * critical that it get flushed back to the disk.
 		 */
-		ext4_clear_inode_flag(file_inode(filp),
+		ext4_clear_inode_flag(file_inode(file),
 				      EXT4_INODE_INDEX);
 	}
 
 	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
 		int has_inline_data = 1;
-		ret = ext4_read_inline_dir(filp, dirent, filldir,
+		int ret = ext4_read_inline_dir(file, ctx,
 					   &has_inline_data);
 		if (has_inline_data)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
 	stored = 0;
-	offset = filp->f_pos & (sb->s_blocksize - 1);
+	offset = ctx->pos & (sb->s_blocksize - 1);
 
-	while (!error && !stored && filp->f_pos < inode->i_size) {
+	while (ctx->pos < inode->i_size) {
 		struct ext4_map_blocks map;
 		struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 
-		map.m_lblk = filp->f_pos >> EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb);
+		map.m_lblk = ctx->pos >> EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb);
 		map.m_len = 1;
 		err = ext4_map_blocks(NULL, inode, &map, 0);
 		if (err > 0) {
 			pgoff_t index = map.m_pblk >>
 					(PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits);
-			if (!ra_has_index(&filp->f_ra, index))
+			if (!ra_has_index(&file->f_ra, index))
 				page_cache_sync_readahead(
 					sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping,
-					&filp->f_ra, filp,
+					&file->f_ra, file,
 					index, 1);
-			filp->f_ra.prev_pos = (loff_t)index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+			file->f_ra.prev_pos = (loff_t)index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 			bh = ext4_bread(NULL, inode, map.m_lblk, 0, &err);
 		}
 
@@ -166,16 +161,16 @@ static int ext4_readdir(struct file *filp,
 		 */
 		if (!bh) {
 			if (!dir_has_error) {
-				EXT4_ERROR_FILE(filp, 0,
+				EXT4_ERROR_FILE(file, 0,
 						"directory contains a "
 						"hole at offset %llu",
-					   (unsigned long long) filp->f_pos);
+					   (unsigned long long) ctx->pos);
 				dir_has_error = 1;
 			}
 			/* corrupt size?  Maybe no more blocks to read */
-			if (filp->f_pos > inode->i_blocks << 9)
+			if (ctx->pos > inode->i_blocks << 9)
 				break;
-			filp->f_pos += sb->s_blocksize - offset;
+			ctx->pos += sb->s_blocksize - offset;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -183,21 +178,20 @@ static int ext4_readdir(struct file *filp,
 		if (!buffer_verified(bh) &&
 		    !ext4_dirent_csum_verify(inode,
 				(struct ext4_dir_entry *)bh->b_data)) {
-			EXT4_ERROR_FILE(filp, 0, "directory fails checksum "
+			EXT4_ERROR_FILE(file, 0, "directory fails checksum "
 					"at offset %llu",
-					(unsigned long long)filp->f_pos);
-			filp->f_pos += sb->s_blocksize - offset;
+					(unsigned long long)ctx->pos);
+			ctx->pos += sb->s_blocksize - offset;
 			brelse(bh);
 			continue;
 		}
 		set_buffer_verified(bh);
 
-revalidate:
 		/* If the dir block has changed since the last call to
 		 * readdir(2), then we might be pointing to an invalid
 		 * dirent right now.  Scan from the start of the block
 		 * to make sure. */
-		if (filp->f_version != inode->i_version) {
+		if (file->f_version != inode->i_version) {
 			for (i = 0; i < sb->s_blocksize && i < offset; ) {
 				de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)
 					(bh->b_data + i);
@@ -214,57 +208,46 @@ revalidate:
 							    sb->s_blocksize);
 			}
 			offset = i;
-			filp->f_pos = (filp->f_pos & ~(sb->s_blocksize - 1))
+			ctx->pos = (ctx->pos & ~(sb->s_blocksize - 1))
 				| offset;
-			filp->f_version = inode->i_version;
+			file->f_version = inode->i_version;
 		}
 
-		while (!error && filp->f_pos < inode->i_size
+		while (ctx->pos < inode->i_size
 		       && offset < sb->s_blocksize) {
 			de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) (bh->b_data + offset);
-			if (ext4_check_dir_entry(inode, filp, de, bh,
+			if (ext4_check_dir_entry(inode, file, de, bh,
 						 bh->b_data, bh->b_size,
 						 offset)) {
 				/*
-				 * On error, skip the f_pos to the next block
+				 * On error, skip to the next block
 				 */
-				filp->f_pos = (filp->f_pos |
+				ctx->pos = (ctx->pos |
 						(sb->s_blocksize - 1)) + 1;
-				brelse(bh);
-				ret = stored;
-				goto out;
+				break;
 			}
 			offset += ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len,
 					sb->s_blocksize);
 			if (le32_to_cpu(de->inode)) {
-				/* We might block in the next section
-				 * if the data destination is
-				 * currently swapped out.  So, use a
-				 * version stamp to detect whether or
-				 * not the directory has been modified
-				 * during the copy operation.
-				 */
-				u64 version = filp->f_version;
-
-				error = filldir(dirent, de->name,
+				if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name,
 						de->name_len,
-						filp->f_pos,
 						le32_to_cpu(de->inode),
-						get_dtype(sb, de->file_type));
-				if (error)
-					break;
-				if (version != filp->f_version)
-					goto revalidate;
-				stored++;
+						get_dtype(sb, de->file_type))) {
+					brelse(bh);
+					return 0;
+				}
 			}
-			filp->f_pos += ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len,
+			ctx->pos += ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len,
 						sb->s_blocksize);
 		}
 		offset = 0;
 		brelse(bh);
+		if (ctx->pos < inode->i_size) {
+			if (!dir_relax(inode))
+				return 0;
+		}
 	}
-out:
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline int is_32bit_api(void)
@@ -492,16 +475,12 @@ int ext4_htree_store_dirent(struct file *dir_file, __u32 hash,
  * for all entres on the fname linked list.  (Normally there is only
  * one entry on the linked list, unless there are 62 bit hash collisions.)
  */
-static int call_filldir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
-			filldir_t filldir, struct fname *fname)
+static int call_filldir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
+			struct fname *fname)
 {
-	struct dir_private_info *info = filp->private_data;
-	loff_t	curr_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
-	struct super_block *sb;
-	int error;
-
-	sb = inode->i_sb;
+	struct dir_private_info *info = file->private_data;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 
 	if (!fname) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "%s:%d: inode #%lu: comm %s: "
@@ -509,47 +488,44 @@ static int call_filldir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 			 inode->i_ino, current->comm);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	curr_pos = hash2pos(filp, fname->hash, fname->minor_hash);
+	ctx->pos = hash2pos(file, fname->hash, fname->minor_hash);
 	while (fname) {
-		error = filldir(dirent, fname->name,
-				fname->name_len, curr_pos,
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, fname->name,
+				fname->name_len,
 				fname->inode,
-				get_dtype(sb, fname->file_type));
-		if (error) {
-			filp->f_pos = curr_pos;
+				get_dtype(sb, fname->file_type))) {
 			info->extra_fname = fname;
-			return error;
+			return 1;
 		}
 		fname = fname->next;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *filp,
-			 void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct dir_private_info *info = filp->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct dir_private_info *info = file->private_data;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct fname *fname;
 	int	ret;
 
 	if (!info) {
-		info = ext4_htree_create_dir_info(filp, filp->f_pos);
+		info = ext4_htree_create_dir_info(file, ctx->pos);
 		if (!info)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		filp->private_data = info;
+		file->private_data = info;
 	}
 
-	if (filp->f_pos == ext4_get_htree_eof(filp))
+	if (ctx->pos == ext4_get_htree_eof(file))
 		return 0;	/* EOF */
 
 	/* Some one has messed with f_pos; reset the world */
-	if (info->last_pos != filp->f_pos) {
+	if (info->last_pos != ctx->pos) {
 		free_rb_tree_fname(&info->root);
 		info->curr_node = NULL;
 		info->extra_fname = NULL;
-		info->curr_hash = pos2maj_hash(filp, filp->f_pos);
-		info->curr_minor_hash = pos2min_hash(filp, filp->f_pos);
+		info->curr_hash = pos2maj_hash(file, ctx->pos);
+		info->curr_minor_hash = pos2min_hash(file, ctx->pos);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -557,7 +533,7 @@ static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *filp,
 	 * chain, return them first.
 	 */
 	if (info->extra_fname) {
-		if (call_filldir(filp, dirent, filldir, info->extra_fname))
+		if (call_filldir(file, ctx, info->extra_fname))
 			goto finished;
 		info->extra_fname = NULL;
 		goto next_node;
@@ -571,17 +547,17 @@ static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *filp,
 		 * cached entries.
 		 */
 		if ((!info->curr_node) ||
-		    (filp->f_version != inode->i_version)) {
+		    (file->f_version != inode->i_version)) {
 			info->curr_node = NULL;
 			free_rb_tree_fname(&info->root);
-			filp->f_version = inode->i_version;
-			ret = ext4_htree_fill_tree(filp, info->curr_hash,
+			file->f_version = inode->i_version;
+			ret = ext4_htree_fill_tree(file, info->curr_hash,
 						   info->curr_minor_hash,
 						   &info->next_hash);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
 			if (ret == 0) {
-				filp->f_pos = ext4_get_htree_eof(filp);
+				ctx->pos = ext4_get_htree_eof(file);
 				break;
 			}
 			info->curr_node = rb_first(&info->root);
@@ -590,7 +566,7 @@ static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *filp,
 		fname = rb_entry(info->curr_node, struct fname, rb_hash);
 		info->curr_hash = fname->hash;
 		info->curr_minor_hash = fname->minor_hash;
-		if (call_filldir(filp, dirent, filldir, fname))
+		if (call_filldir(file, ctx, fname))
 			break;
 	next_node:
 		info->curr_node = rb_next(info->curr_node);
@@ -601,7 +577,7 @@ static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *filp,
 			info->curr_minor_hash = fname->minor_hash;
 		} else {
 			if (info->next_hash == ~0) {
-				filp->f_pos = ext4_get_htree_eof(filp);
+				ctx->pos = ext4_get_htree_eof(file);
 				break;
 			}
 			info->curr_hash = info->next_hash;
@@ -609,7 +585,7 @@ static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *filp,
 		}
 	}
 finished:
-	info->last_pos = filp->f_pos;
+	info->last_pos = ctx->pos;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -624,7 +600,7 @@ static int ext4_release_dir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 const struct file_operations ext4_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= ext4_dir_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= ext4_readdir,
+	.iterate	= ext4_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ext4_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ext4_compat_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 5aae3d12d40..4af03ea84aa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2515,7 +2515,7 @@ extern int ext4_try_create_inline_dir(handle_t *handle,
 				      struct inode *parent,
 				      struct inode *inode);
 extern int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *filp,
-				void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
+				struct dir_context *ctx,
 				int *has_inline_data);
 extern int htree_inlinedir_to_tree(struct file *dir_file,
 				   struct inode *dir, ext4_lblk_t block,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 3e2bf873e8a..1a346a6bdc8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1404,16 +1404,15 @@ out:
  * offset as if '.' and '..' really take place.
  *
  */
-int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *filp,
-			 void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
+int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *file,
+			 struct dir_context *ctx,
 			 int *has_inline_data)
 {
-	int error = 0;
 	unsigned int offset, parent_ino;
-	int i, stored;
+	int i;
 	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
 	struct super_block *sb;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int ret, inline_size = 0;
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 	void *dir_buf = NULL;
@@ -1444,9 +1443,8 @@ int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *filp,
 		goto out;
 
 	sb = inode->i_sb;
-	stored = 0;
 	parent_ino = le32_to_cpu(((struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)dir_buf)->inode);
-	offset = filp->f_pos;
+	offset = ctx->pos;
 
 	/*
 	 * dotdot_offset and dotdot_size is the real offset and
@@ -1460,104 +1458,74 @@ int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *filp,
 	extra_offset = dotdot_size - EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE;
 	extra_size = extra_offset + inline_size;
 
-	while (!error && !stored && filp->f_pos < extra_size) {
-revalidate:
-		/*
-		 * If the version has changed since the last call to
-		 * readdir(2), then we might be pointing to an invalid
-		 * dirent right now.  Scan from the start of the inline
-		 * dir to make sure.
-		 */
-		if (filp->f_version != inode->i_version) {
-			for (i = 0; i < extra_size && i < offset;) {
-				/*
-				 * "." is with offset 0 and
-				 * ".." is dotdot_offset.
-				 */
-				if (!i) {
-					i = dotdot_offset;
-					continue;
-				} else if (i == dotdot_offset) {
-					i = dotdot_size;
-					continue;
-				}
-				/* for other entry, the real offset in
-				 * the buf has to be tuned accordingly.
-				 */
-				de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)
-					(dir_buf + i - extra_offset);
-				/* It's too expensive to do a full
-				 * dirent test each time round this
-				 * loop, but we do have to test at
-				 * least that it is non-zero.  A
-				 * failure will be detected in the
-				 * dirent test below. */
-				if (ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len,
-					extra_size) < EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(1))
-					break;
-				i += ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len,
-							    extra_size);
-			}
-			offset = i;
-			filp->f_pos = offset;
-			filp->f_version = inode->i_version;
-		}
-
-		while (!error && filp->f_pos < extra_size) {
-			if (filp->f_pos == 0) {
-				error = filldir(dirent, ".", 1, 0, inode->i_ino,
-						DT_DIR);
-				if (error)
-					break;
-				stored++;
-				filp->f_pos = dotdot_offset;
+	/*
+	 * If the version has changed since the last call to
+	 * readdir(2), then we might be pointing to an invalid
+	 * dirent right now.  Scan from the start of the inline
+	 * dir to make sure.
+	 */
+	if (file->f_version != inode->i_version) {
+		for (i = 0; i < extra_size && i < offset;) {
+			/*
+			 * "." is with offset 0 and
+			 * ".." is dotdot_offset.
+			 */
+			if (!i) {
+				i = dotdot_offset;
+				continue;
+			} else if (i == dotdot_offset) {
+				i = dotdot_size;
 				continue;
 			}
+			/* for other entry, the real offset in
+			 * the buf has to be tuned accordingly.
+			 */
+			de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)
+				(dir_buf + i - extra_offset);
+			/* It's too expensive to do a full
+			 * dirent test each time round this
+			 * loop, but we do have to test at
+			 * least that it is non-zero.  A
+			 * failure will be detected in the
+			 * dirent test below. */
+			if (ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len, extra_size)
+				< EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(1))
+				break;
+			i += ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len,
+						    extra_size);
+		}
+		offset = i;
+		ctx->pos = offset;
+		file->f_version = inode->i_version;
+	}
 
-			if (filp->f_pos == dotdot_offset) {
-				error = filldir(dirent, "..", 2,
-						dotdot_offset,
-						parent_ino, DT_DIR);
-				if (error)
-					break;
-				stored++;
+	while (ctx->pos < extra_size) {
+		if (ctx->pos == 0) {
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, ".", 1, inode->i_ino, DT_DIR))
+				goto out;
+			ctx->pos = dotdot_offset;
+			continue;
+		}
 
-				filp->f_pos = dotdot_size;
-				continue;
-			}
+		if (ctx->pos == dotdot_offset) {
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, "..", 2, parent_ino, DT_DIR))
+				goto out;
+			ctx->pos = dotdot_size;
+			continue;
+		}
 
-			de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)
-				(dir_buf + filp->f_pos - extra_offset);
-			if (ext4_check_dir_entry(inode, filp, de,
-						 iloc.bh, dir_buf,
-						 extra_size, filp->f_pos)) {
-				ret = stored;
+		de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)
+			(dir_buf + ctx->pos - extra_offset);
+		if (ext4_check_dir_entry(inode, file, de, iloc.bh, dir_buf,
+					 extra_size, ctx->pos))
+			goto out;
+		if (le32_to_cpu(de->inode)) {
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name, de->name_len,
+				      le32_to_cpu(de->inode),
+				      get_dtype(sb, de->file_type)))
 				goto out;
-			}
-			if (le32_to_cpu(de->inode)) {
-				/* We might block in the next section
-				 * if the data destination is
-				 * currently swapped out.  So, use a
-				 * version stamp to detect whether or
-				 * not the directory has been modified
-				 * during the copy operation.
-				 */
-				u64 version = filp->f_version;
-
-				error = filldir(dirent, de->name,
-						de->name_len,
-						filp->f_pos,
-						le32_to_cpu(de->inode),
-						get_dtype(sb, de->file_type));
-				if (error)
-					break;
-				if (version != filp->f_version)
-					goto revalidate;
-				stored++;
-			}
-			filp->f_pos += ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len,
-							      extra_size);
 		}
+		ctx->pos += ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len, extra_size);
 	}
 out:
 	kfree(dir_buf);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 1ac6b93036b..600bb5efe60 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -591,24 +591,19 @@ bool f2fs_empty_dir(struct inode *dir)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static int f2fs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int f2fs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	unsigned long pos = file->f_pos;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	unsigned long npages = dir_blocks(inode);
-	unsigned char *types = NULL;
 	unsigned int bit_pos = 0, start_bit_pos = 0;
-	int over = 0;
 	struct f2fs_dentry_block *dentry_blk = NULL;
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de = NULL;
 	struct page *dentry_page = NULL;
-	unsigned int n = 0;
+	unsigned int n = ((unsigned long)ctx->pos / NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK);
 	unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
 	int slots;
 
-	types = f2fs_filetype_table;
-	bit_pos = (pos % NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK);
-	n = (pos / NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK);
+	bit_pos = ((unsigned long)ctx->pos % NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK);
 
 	for ( ; n < npages; n++) {
 		dentry_page = get_lock_data_page(inode, n);
@@ -618,31 +613,28 @@ static int f2fs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		start_bit_pos = bit_pos;
 		dentry_blk = kmap(dentry_page);
 		while (bit_pos < NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK) {
-			d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
 			bit_pos = find_next_bit_le(&dentry_blk->dentry_bitmap,
 							NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK,
 							bit_pos);
 			if (bit_pos >= NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK)
 				break;
 
+			ctx->pos += bit_pos - start_bit_pos;
 			de = &dentry_blk->dentry[bit_pos];
-			if (types && de->file_type < F2FS_FT_MAX)
-				d_type = types[de->file_type];
-
-			over = filldir(dirent,
-					dentry_blk->filename[bit_pos],
-					le16_to_cpu(de->name_len),
-					(n * NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK) + bit_pos,
-					le32_to_cpu(de->ino), d_type);
-			if (over) {
-				file->f_pos += bit_pos - start_bit_pos;
+			if (de->file_type < F2FS_FT_MAX)
+				d_type = f2fs_filetype_table[de->file_type];
+			else
+				d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx,
+				      dentry_blk->filename[bit_pos],
+				      le16_to_cpu(de->name_len),
+				      le32_to_cpu(de->ino), d_type))
 				goto success;
-			}
 			slots = GET_DENTRY_SLOTS(le16_to_cpu(de->name_len));
 			bit_pos += slots;
 		}
 		bit_pos = 0;
-		file->f_pos = (n + 1) * NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK;
+		ctx->pos = (n + 1) * NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK;
 		kunmap(dentry_page);
 		f2fs_put_page(dentry_page, 1);
 		dentry_page = NULL;
@@ -659,7 +651,7 @@ success:
 const struct file_operations f2fs_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= f2fs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= f2fs_readdir,
 	.fsync		= f2fs_sync_file,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= f2fs_ioctl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
index 7a6f02caf28..3963ede84eb 100644
--- a/fs/fat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ end_of_dir:
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_search_long);
 
 struct fat_ioctl_filldir_callback {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	void __user *dirent;
 	int result;
 	/* for dir ioctl */
@@ -552,8 +553,9 @@ struct fat_ioctl_filldir_callback {
 	int short_len;
 };
 
-static int __fat_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp, void *dirent,
-			 filldir_t filldir, int short_only, int both)
+static int __fat_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
+			 struct dir_context *ctx, int short_only,
+			 struct fat_ioctl_filldir_callback *both)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
@@ -564,27 +566,20 @@ static int __fat_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 	unsigned char bufname[FAT_MAX_SHORT_SIZE];
 	int isvfat = sbi->options.isvfat;
 	const char *fill_name = NULL;
-	unsigned long inum;
-	unsigned long lpos, dummy, *furrfu = &lpos;
+	int fake_offset = 0;
 	loff_t cpos;
 	int short_len = 0, fill_len = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&sbi->s_lock);
 
-	cpos = filp->f_pos;
+	cpos = ctx->pos;
 	/* Fake . and .. for the root directory. */
 	if (inode->i_ino == MSDOS_ROOT_INO) {
-		while (cpos < 2) {
-			if (filldir(dirent, "..", cpos+1, cpos,
-				    MSDOS_ROOT_INO, DT_DIR) < 0)
-				goto out;
-			cpos++;
-			filp->f_pos++;
-		}
-		if (cpos == 2) {
-			dummy = 2;
-			furrfu = &dummy;
+		if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+			goto out;
+		if (ctx->pos == 2) {
+			fake_offset = 1;
 			cpos = 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -619,7 +614,7 @@ parse_record:
 		int status = fat_parse_long(inode, &cpos, &bh, &de,
 					    &unicode, &nr_slots);
 		if (status < 0) {
-			filp->f_pos = cpos;
+			ctx->pos = cpos;
 			ret = status;
 			goto out;
 		} else if (status == PARSE_INVALID)
@@ -639,6 +634,19 @@ parse_record:
 			/* !both && !short_only, so we don't need shortname. */
 			if (!both)
 				goto start_filldir;
+
+			short_len = fat_parse_short(sb, de, bufname,
+						    sbi->options.dotsOK);
+			if (short_len == 0)
+				goto record_end;
+			/* hack for fat_ioctl_filldir() */
+			both->longname = fill_name;
+			both->long_len = fill_len;
+			both->shortname = bufname;
+			both->short_len = short_len;
+			fill_name = NULL;
+			fill_len = 0;
+			goto start_filldir;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -646,28 +654,21 @@ parse_record:
 	if (short_len == 0)
 		goto record_end;
 
-	if (nr_slots) {
-		/* hack for fat_ioctl_filldir() */
-		struct fat_ioctl_filldir_callback *p = dirent;
-
-		p->longname = fill_name;
-		p->long_len = fill_len;
-		p->shortname = bufname;
-		p->short_len = short_len;
-		fill_name = NULL;
-		fill_len = 0;
-	} else {
-		fill_name = bufname;
-		fill_len = short_len;
-	}
+	fill_name = bufname;
+	fill_len = short_len;
 
 start_filldir:
-	lpos = cpos - (nr_slots + 1) * sizeof(struct msdos_dir_entry);
-	if (!memcmp(de->name, MSDOS_DOT, MSDOS_NAME))
-		inum = inode->i_ino;
-	else if (!memcmp(de->name, MSDOS_DOTDOT, MSDOS_NAME)) {
-		inum = parent_ino(filp->f_path.dentry);
+	if (!fake_offset)
+		ctx->pos = cpos - (nr_slots + 1) * sizeof(struct msdos_dir_entry);
+
+	if (!memcmp(de->name, MSDOS_DOT, MSDOS_NAME)) {
+		if (!dir_emit_dot(file, ctx))
+			goto fill_failed;
+	} else if (!memcmp(de->name, MSDOS_DOTDOT, MSDOS_NAME)) {
+		if (!dir_emit_dotdot(file, ctx))
+			goto fill_failed;
 	} else {
+		unsigned long inum;
 		loff_t i_pos = fat_make_i_pos(sb, bh, de);
 		struct inode *tmp = fat_iget(sb, i_pos);
 		if (tmp) {
@@ -675,18 +676,17 @@ start_filldir:
 			iput(tmp);
 		} else
 			inum = iunique(sb, MSDOS_ROOT_INO);
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, fill_name, fill_len, inum,
+			    (de->attr & ATTR_DIR) ? DT_DIR : DT_REG))
+			goto fill_failed;
 	}
 
-	if (filldir(dirent, fill_name, fill_len, *furrfu, inum,
-		    (de->attr & ATTR_DIR) ? DT_DIR : DT_REG) < 0)
-		goto fill_failed;
-
 record_end:
-	furrfu = &lpos;
-	filp->f_pos = cpos;
+	fake_offset = 0;
+	ctx->pos = cpos;
 	goto get_new;
 end_of_dir:
-	filp->f_pos = cpos;
+	ctx->pos = cpos;
 fill_failed:
 	brelse(bh);
 	if (unicode)
@@ -696,10 +696,9 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int fat_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int fat_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
-	return __fat_readdir(inode, filp, dirent, filldir, 0, 0);
+	return __fat_readdir(file_inode(file), file, ctx, 0, NULL);
 }
 
 #define FAT_IOCTL_FILLDIR_FUNC(func, dirent_type)			   \
@@ -755,20 +754,25 @@ efault:									   \
 
 FAT_IOCTL_FILLDIR_FUNC(fat_ioctl_filldir, __fat_dirent)
 
-static int fat_ioctl_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
+static int fat_ioctl_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 			     void __user *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 			     int short_only, int both)
 {
-	struct fat_ioctl_filldir_callback buf;
+	struct fat_ioctl_filldir_callback buf = {
+		.ctx.actor = filldir,
+		.dirent = dirent
+	};
 	int ret;
 
 	buf.dirent = dirent;
 	buf.result = 0;
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	buf.ctx.pos = file->f_pos;
 	ret = -ENOENT;
 	if (!IS_DEADDIR(inode)) {
-		ret = __fat_readdir(inode, filp, &buf, filldir,
-				    short_only, both);
+		ret = __fat_readdir(inode, file, &buf.ctx,
+				    short_only, both ? &buf : NULL);
+		file->f_pos = buf.ctx.pos;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	if (ret >= 0)
@@ -854,7 +858,7 @@ static long fat_compat_dir_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned cmd,
 const struct file_operations fat_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= fat_readdir,
+	.iterate	= fat_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= fat_dir_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= fat_compat_dir_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_lookup.c b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_lookup.c
index 664b07a5387..25d4099a4ae 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_lookup.c
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_lookup.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 
 static struct dentry *	vxfs_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int);
-static int		vxfs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
+static int		vxfs_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
 const struct inode_operations vxfs_dir_inode_ops = {
 	.lookup =		vxfs_lookup,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const struct inode_operations vxfs_dir_inode_ops = {
 const struct file_operations vxfs_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek =		generic_file_llseek,
 	.read =			generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir =		vxfs_readdir,
+	.iterate =		vxfs_readdir,
 };
 
  
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ vxfs_lookup(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dp, unsigned int flags)
  *   Zero.
  */
 static int
-vxfs_readdir(struct file *fp, void *retp, filldir_t filler)
+vxfs_readdir(struct file *fp, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct inode		*ip = file_inode(fp);
 	struct super_block	*sbp = ip->i_sb;
@@ -243,20 +243,17 @@ vxfs_readdir(struct file *fp, void *retp, filldir_t filler)
 	u_long			page, npages, block, pblocks, nblocks, offset;
 	loff_t			pos;
 
-	switch ((long)fp->f_pos) {
-	case 0:
-		if (filler(retp, ".", 1, fp->f_pos, ip->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out;
-		fp->f_pos++;
-		/* fallthrough */
-	case 1:
-		if (filler(retp, "..", 2, fp->f_pos, VXFS_INO(ip)->vii_dotdot, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out;
-		fp->f_pos++;
-		/* fallthrough */
+	if (ctx->pos == 0) {
+		if (!dir_emit_dot(fp, ctx))
+			return 0;
+		ctx->pos = 1;
 	}
-
-	pos = fp->f_pos - 2;
+	if (ctx->pos == 1) {
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, "..", 2, VXFS_INO(ip)->vii_dotdot, DT_DIR))
+			return 0;
+		ctx->pos = 2;
+	}
+	pos = ctx->pos - 2;
 	
 	if (pos > VXFS_DIRROUND(ip->i_size))
 		return 0;
@@ -270,16 +267,16 @@ vxfs_readdir(struct file *fp, void *retp, filldir_t filler)
 	block = (u_long)(pos >> sbp->s_blocksize_bits) % pblocks;
 
 	for (; page < npages; page++, block = 0) {
-		caddr_t			kaddr;
+		char			*kaddr;
 		struct page		*pp;
 
 		pp = vxfs_get_page(ip->i_mapping, page);
 		if (IS_ERR(pp))
 			continue;
-		kaddr = (caddr_t)page_address(pp);
+		kaddr = (char *)page_address(pp);
 
 		for (; block <= nblocks && block <= pblocks; block++) {
-			caddr_t			baddr, limit;
+			char			*baddr, *limit;
 			struct vxfs_dirblk	*dbp;
 			struct vxfs_direct	*de;
 
@@ -292,21 +289,18 @@ vxfs_readdir(struct file *fp, void *retp, filldir_t filler)
 				 (kaddr + offset) :
 				 (baddr + VXFS_DIRBLKOV(dbp)));
 
-			for (; (caddr_t)de <= limit; de = vxfs_next_entry(de)) {
-				int	over;
-
+			for (; (char *)de <= limit; de = vxfs_next_entry(de)) {
 				if (!de->d_reclen)
 					break;
 				if (!de->d_ino)
 					continue;
 
-				offset = (caddr_t)de - kaddr;
-				over = filler(retp, de->d_name, de->d_namelen,
-					((page << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) | offset) + 2,
-					de->d_ino, DT_UNKNOWN);
-				if (over) {
+				offset = (char *)de - kaddr;
+				ctx->pos = ((page << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) | offset) + 2;
+				if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->d_name, de->d_namelen,
+					de->d_ino, DT_UNKNOWN)) {
 					vxfs_put_page(pp);
-					goto done;
+					return 0;
 				}
 			}
 			offset = 0;
@@ -314,9 +308,6 @@ vxfs_readdir(struct file *fp, void *retp, filldir_t filler)
 		vxfs_put_page(pp);
 		offset = 0;
 	}
-
-done:
-	fp->f_pos = ((page << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) | offset) + 2;
-out:
+	ctx->pos = ((page << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) | offset) + 2;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index f3f783dc4f7..0eda52738ec 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
-static bool fuse_use_readdirplus(struct inode *dir, struct file *filp)
+static bool fuse_use_readdirplus(struct inode *dir, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(dir);
 	struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(dir);
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static bool fuse_use_readdirplus(struct inode *dir, struct file *filp)
 		return true;
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(FUSE_I_ADVISE_RDPLUS, &fi->state))
 		return true;
-	if (filp->f_pos == 0)
+	if (ctx->pos == 0)
 		return true;
 	return false;
 }
@@ -1165,25 +1165,23 @@ static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 }
 
 static int parse_dirfile(char *buf, size_t nbytes, struct file *file,
-			 void *dstbuf, filldir_t filldir)
+			 struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	while (nbytes >= FUSE_NAME_OFFSET) {
 		struct fuse_dirent *dirent = (struct fuse_dirent *) buf;
 		size_t reclen = FUSE_DIRENT_SIZE(dirent);
-		int over;
 		if (!dirent->namelen || dirent->namelen > FUSE_NAME_MAX)
 			return -EIO;
 		if (reclen > nbytes)
 			break;
 
-		over = filldir(dstbuf, dirent->name, dirent->namelen,
-			       file->f_pos, dirent->ino, dirent->type);
-		if (over)
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, dirent->name, dirent->namelen,
+			       dirent->ino, dirent->type))
 			break;
 
 		buf += reclen;
 		nbytes -= reclen;
-		file->f_pos = dirent->off;
+		ctx->pos = dirent->off;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1284,7 +1282,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int parse_dirplusfile(char *buf, size_t nbytes, struct file *file,
-			     void *dstbuf, filldir_t filldir, u64 attr_version)
+			     struct dir_context *ctx, u64 attr_version)
 {
 	struct fuse_direntplus *direntplus;
 	struct fuse_dirent *dirent;
@@ -1309,10 +1307,9 @@ static int parse_dirplusfile(char *buf, size_t nbytes, struct file *file,
 			   we need to send a FORGET for each of those
 			   which we did not link.
 			*/
-			over = filldir(dstbuf, dirent->name, dirent->namelen,
-				       file->f_pos, dirent->ino,
-				       dirent->type);
-			file->f_pos = dirent->off;
+			over = !dir_emit(ctx, dirent->name, dirent->namelen,
+				       dirent->ino, dirent->type);
+			ctx->pos = dirent->off;
 		}
 
 		buf += reclen;
@@ -1326,7 +1323,7 @@ static int parse_dirplusfile(char *buf, size_t nbytes, struct file *file,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int fuse_readdir(struct file *file, void *dstbuf, filldir_t filldir)
+static int fuse_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	int plus, err;
 	size_t nbytes;
@@ -1349,17 +1346,17 @@ static int fuse_readdir(struct file *file, void *dstbuf, filldir_t filldir)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	plus = fuse_use_readdirplus(inode, file);
+	plus = fuse_use_readdirplus(inode, ctx);
 	req->out.argpages = 1;
 	req->num_pages = 1;
 	req->pages[0] = page;
 	req->page_descs[0].length = PAGE_SIZE;
 	if (plus) {
 		attr_version = fuse_get_attr_version(fc);
-		fuse_read_fill(req, file, file->f_pos, PAGE_SIZE,
+		fuse_read_fill(req, file, ctx->pos, PAGE_SIZE,
 			       FUSE_READDIRPLUS);
 	} else {
-		fuse_read_fill(req, file, file->f_pos, PAGE_SIZE,
+		fuse_read_fill(req, file, ctx->pos, PAGE_SIZE,
 			       FUSE_READDIR);
 	}
 	fuse_request_send(fc, req);
@@ -1369,11 +1366,11 @@ static int fuse_readdir(struct file *file, void *dstbuf, filldir_t filldir)
 	if (!err) {
 		if (plus) {
 			err = parse_dirplusfile(page_address(page), nbytes,
-						file, dstbuf, filldir,
+						file, ctx,
 						attr_version);
 		} else {
 			err = parse_dirfile(page_address(page), nbytes, file,
-					    dstbuf, filldir);
+					    ctx);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1886,7 +1883,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations fuse_dir_inode_operations = {
 static const struct file_operations fuse_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= fuse_readdir,
+	.iterate	= fuse_readdir,
 	.open		= fuse_dir_open,
 	.release	= fuse_dir_release,
 	.fsync		= fuse_dir_fsync,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dir.c b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
index b631c904346..e0449c10286 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
@@ -1212,9 +1212,7 @@ static int compare_dents(const void *a, const void *b)
 /**
  * do_filldir_main - read out directory entries
  * @dip: The GFS2 inode
- * @offset: The offset in the file to read from
- * @opaque: opaque data to pass to filldir
- * @filldir: The function to pass entries to
+ * @ctx: what to feed the entries to
  * @darr: an array of struct gfs2_dirent pointers to read
  * @entries: the number of entries in darr
  * @copied: pointer to int that's non-zero if a entry has been copied out
@@ -1224,11 +1222,10 @@ static int compare_dents(const void *a, const void *b)
  * the possibility that they will fall into different readdir buffers or
  * that someone will want to seek to that location.
  *
- * Returns: errno, >0 on exception from filldir
+ * Returns: errno, >0 if the actor tells you to stop
  */
 
-static int do_filldir_main(struct gfs2_inode *dip, u64 *offset,
-			   void *opaque, filldir_t filldir,
+static int do_filldir_main(struct gfs2_inode *dip, struct dir_context *ctx,
 			   const struct gfs2_dirent **darr, u32 entries,
 			   int *copied)
 {
@@ -1236,7 +1233,6 @@ static int do_filldir_main(struct gfs2_inode *dip, u64 *offset,
 	u64 off, off_next;
 	unsigned int x, y;
 	int run = 0;
-	int error = 0;
 
 	sort(darr, entries, sizeof(struct gfs2_dirent *), compare_dents, NULL);
 
@@ -1253,9 +1249,9 @@ static int do_filldir_main(struct gfs2_inode *dip, u64 *offset,
 			off_next = be32_to_cpu(dent_next->de_hash);
 			off_next = gfs2_disk_hash2offset(off_next);
 
-			if (off < *offset)
+			if (off < ctx->pos)
 				continue;
-			*offset = off;
+			ctx->pos = off;
 
 			if (off_next == off) {
 				if (*copied && !run)
@@ -1264,26 +1260,25 @@ static int do_filldir_main(struct gfs2_inode *dip, u64 *offset,
 			} else
 				run = 0;
 		} else {
-			if (off < *offset)
+			if (off < ctx->pos)
 				continue;
-			*offset = off;
+			ctx->pos = off;
 		}
 
-		error = filldir(opaque, (const char *)(dent + 1),
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, (const char *)(dent + 1),
 				be16_to_cpu(dent->de_name_len),
-				off, be64_to_cpu(dent->de_inum.no_addr),
-				be16_to_cpu(dent->de_type));
-		if (error)
+				be64_to_cpu(dent->de_inum.no_addr),
+				be16_to_cpu(dent->de_type)))
 			return 1;
 
 		*copied = 1;
 	}
 
-	/* Increment the *offset by one, so the next time we come into the
+	/* Increment the ctx->pos by one, so the next time we come into the
 	   do_filldir fxn, we get the next entry instead of the last one in the
 	   current leaf */
 
-	(*offset)++;
+	ctx->pos++;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1307,8 +1302,8 @@ static void gfs2_free_sort_buffer(void *ptr)
 		kfree(ptr);
 }
 
-static int gfs2_dir_read_leaf(struct inode *inode, u64 *offset, void *opaque,
-			      filldir_t filldir, int *copied, unsigned *depth,
+static int gfs2_dir_read_leaf(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx,
+			      int *copied, unsigned *depth,
 			      u64 leaf_no)
 {
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
@@ -1386,8 +1381,7 @@ static int gfs2_dir_read_leaf(struct inode *inode, u64 *offset, void *opaque,
 	} while(lfn);
 
 	BUG_ON(entries2 != entries);
-	error = do_filldir_main(ip, offset, opaque, filldir, darr,
-				entries, copied);
+	error = do_filldir_main(ip, ctx, darr, entries, copied);
 out_free:
 	for(i = 0; i < leaf; i++)
 		brelse(larr[i]);
@@ -1446,15 +1440,13 @@ static void gfs2_dir_readahead(struct inode *inode, unsigned hsize, u32 index,
 /**
  * dir_e_read - Reads the entries from a directory into a filldir buffer
  * @dip: dinode pointer
- * @offset: the hash of the last entry read shifted to the right once
- * @opaque: buffer for the filldir function to fill
- * @filldir: points to the filldir function to use
+ * @ctx: actor to feed the entries to
  *
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
-static int dir_e_read(struct inode *inode, u64 *offset, void *opaque,
-		      filldir_t filldir, struct file_ra_state *f_ra)
+static int dir_e_read(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx,
+		      struct file_ra_state *f_ra)
 {
 	struct gfs2_inode *dip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	u32 hsize, len = 0;
@@ -1465,7 +1457,7 @@ static int dir_e_read(struct inode *inode, u64 *offset, void *opaque,
 	unsigned depth = 0;
 
 	hsize = 1 << dip->i_depth;
-	hash = gfs2_dir_offset2hash(*offset);
+	hash = gfs2_dir_offset2hash(ctx->pos);
 	index = hash >> (32 - dip->i_depth);
 
 	if (dip->i_hash_cache == NULL)
@@ -1477,7 +1469,7 @@ static int dir_e_read(struct inode *inode, u64 *offset, void *opaque,
 	gfs2_dir_readahead(inode, hsize, index, f_ra);
 
 	while (index < hsize) {
-		error = gfs2_dir_read_leaf(inode, offset, opaque, filldir,
+		error = gfs2_dir_read_leaf(inode, ctx,
 					   &copied, &depth,
 					   be64_to_cpu(lp[index]));
 		if (error)
@@ -1492,8 +1484,8 @@ static int dir_e_read(struct inode *inode, u64 *offset, void *opaque,
 	return error;
 }
 
-int gfs2_dir_read(struct inode *inode, u64 *offset, void *opaque,
-		  filldir_t filldir, struct file_ra_state *f_ra)
+int gfs2_dir_read(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx,
+		  struct file_ra_state *f_ra)
 {
 	struct gfs2_inode *dip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(inode);
@@ -1507,7 +1499,7 @@ int gfs2_dir_read(struct inode *inode, u64 *offset, void *opaque,
 		return 0;
 
 	if (dip->i_diskflags & GFS2_DIF_EXHASH)
-		return dir_e_read(inode, offset, opaque, filldir, f_ra);
+		return dir_e_read(inode, ctx, f_ra);
 
 	if (!gfs2_is_stuffed(dip)) {
 		gfs2_consist_inode(dip);
@@ -1539,7 +1531,7 @@ int gfs2_dir_read(struct inode *inode, u64 *offset, void *opaque,
 			error = -EIO;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		error = do_filldir_main(dip, offset, opaque, filldir, darr,
+		error = do_filldir_main(dip, ctx, darr,
 					dip->i_entries, &copied);
 out:
 		kfree(darr);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dir.h b/fs/gfs2/dir.h
index 98c960beab3..ba9000bc139 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dir.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dir.h
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ extern int gfs2_dir_check(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *filename,
 extern int gfs2_dir_add(struct inode *inode, const struct qstr *filename,
 			const struct gfs2_inode *ip);
 extern int gfs2_dir_del(struct gfs2_inode *dip, const struct dentry *dentry);
-extern int gfs2_dir_read(struct inode *inode, u64 *offset, void *opaque,
-			 filldir_t filldir, struct file_ra_state *f_ra);
+extern int gfs2_dir_read(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx,
+			 struct file_ra_state *f_ra);
 extern int gfs2_dir_mvino(struct gfs2_inode *dip, const struct qstr *filename,
 			  const struct gfs2_inode *nip, unsigned int new_type);
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/export.c b/fs/gfs2/export.c
index 9973df4ff56..8b9b3775e2e 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/export.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/export.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static int gfs2_encode_fh(struct inode *inode, __u32 *p, int *len,
 }
 
 struct get_name_filldir {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	struct gfs2_inum_host inum;
 	char *name;
 };
@@ -88,9 +89,11 @@ static int gfs2_get_name(struct dentry *parent, char *name,
 	struct inode *dir = parent->d_inode;
 	struct inode *inode = child->d_inode;
 	struct gfs2_inode *dip, *ip;
-	struct get_name_filldir gnfd;
+	struct get_name_filldir gnfd = {
+		.ctx.actor = get_name_filldir,
+		.name = name
+	};
 	struct gfs2_holder gh;
-	u64 offset = 0;
 	int error;
 	struct file_ra_state f_ra = { .start = 0 };
 
@@ -106,13 +109,12 @@ static int gfs2_get_name(struct dentry *parent, char *name,
 	*name = 0;
 	gnfd.inum.no_addr = ip->i_no_addr;
 	gnfd.inum.no_formal_ino = ip->i_no_formal_ino;
-	gnfd.name = name;
 
 	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(dip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, &gh);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	error = gfs2_dir_read(dir, &offset, &gnfd, get_name_filldir, &f_ra);
+	error = gfs2_dir_read(dir, &gnfd.ctx, &f_ra);
 
 	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&gh);
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index ad0dc38d87a..b3333371aeb 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -82,35 +82,28 @@ static loff_t gfs2_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 }
 
 /**
- * gfs2_readdir - Read directory entries from a directory
+ * gfs2_readdir - Iterator for a directory
  * @file: The directory to read from
- * @dirent: Buffer for dirents
- * @filldir: Function used to do the copying
+ * @ctx: What to feed directory entries to
  *
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
-static int gfs2_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int gfs2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct inode *dir = file->f_mapping->host;
 	struct gfs2_inode *dip = GFS2_I(dir);
 	struct gfs2_holder d_gh;
-	u64 offset = file->f_pos;
 	int error;
 
-	gfs2_holder_init(dip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, &d_gh);
-	error = gfs2_glock_nq(&d_gh);
-	if (error) {
-		gfs2_holder_uninit(&d_gh);
+	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(dip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, &d_gh);
+	if (error)
 		return error;
-	}
 
-	error = gfs2_dir_read(dir, &offset, dirent, filldir, &file->f_ra);
+	error = gfs2_dir_read(dir, ctx, &file->f_ra);
 
 	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&d_gh);
 
-	file->f_pos = offset;
-
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -1048,7 +1041,7 @@ const struct file_operations gfs2_file_fops = {
 };
 
 const struct file_operations gfs2_dir_fops = {
-	.readdir	= gfs2_readdir,
+	.iterate	= gfs2_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= gfs2_ioctl,
 	.open		= gfs2_open,
 	.release	= gfs2_release,
@@ -1078,7 +1071,7 @@ const struct file_operations gfs2_file_fops_nolock = {
 };
 
 const struct file_operations gfs2_dir_fops_nolock = {
-	.readdir	= gfs2_readdir,
+	.iterate	= gfs2_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= gfs2_ioctl,
 	.open		= gfs2_open,
 	.release	= gfs2_release,
diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index e0101b6fb0d..145566851e7 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ done:
 /*
  * hfs_readdir
  */
-static int hfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int hfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	int len, err;
 	char strbuf[HFS_MAX_NAMELEN];
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static int hfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	struct hfs_readdir_data *rd;
 	u16 type;
 
-	if (filp->f_pos >= inode->i_size)
+	if (ctx->pos >= inode->i_size)
 		return 0;
 
 	err = hfs_find_init(HFS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
@@ -73,14 +73,13 @@ static int hfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	switch ((u32)filp->f_pos) {
-	case 0:
+	if (ctx->pos == 0) {
 		/* This is completely artificial... */
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, 0, inode->i_ino, DT_DIR))
+		if (!dir_emit_dot(file, ctx))
 			goto out;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		/* fall through */
-	case 1:
+		ctx->pos = 1;
+	}
+	if (ctx->pos == 1) {
 		if (fd.entrylength > sizeof(entry) || fd.entrylength < 0) {
 			err = -EIO;
 			goto out;
@@ -97,18 +96,16 @@ static int hfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		//	err = -EIO;
 		//	goto out;
 		//}
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, 1,
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, "..", 2,
 			    be32_to_cpu(entry.thread.ParID), DT_DIR))
 			goto out;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		/* fall through */
-	default:
-		if (filp->f_pos >= inode->i_size)
-			goto out;
-		err = hfs_brec_goto(&fd, filp->f_pos - 1);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
+		ctx->pos = 2;
 	}
+	if (ctx->pos >= inode->i_size)
+		goto out;
+	err = hfs_brec_goto(&fd, ctx->pos - 1);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 
 	for (;;) {
 		if (be32_to_cpu(fd.key->cat.ParID) != inode->i_ino) {
@@ -131,7 +128,7 @@ static int hfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				err = -EIO;
 				goto out;
 			}
-			if (filldir(dirent, strbuf, len, filp->f_pos,
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, strbuf, len,
 				    be32_to_cpu(entry.dir.DirID), DT_DIR))
 				break;
 		} else if (type == HFS_CDR_FIL) {
@@ -140,7 +137,7 @@ static int hfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				err = -EIO;
 				goto out;
 			}
-			if (filldir(dirent, strbuf, len, filp->f_pos,
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, strbuf, len,
 				    be32_to_cpu(entry.file.FlNum), DT_REG))
 				break;
 		} else {
@@ -148,22 +145,22 @@ static int hfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			err = -EIO;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		if (filp->f_pos >= inode->i_size)
+		ctx->pos++;
+		if (ctx->pos >= inode->i_size)
 			goto out;
 		err = hfs_brec_goto(&fd, 1);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 	}
-	rd = filp->private_data;
+	rd = file->private_data;
 	if (!rd) {
 		rd = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hfs_readdir_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!rd) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		filp->private_data = rd;
-		rd->file = filp;
+		file->private_data = rd;
+		rd->file = file;
 		list_add(&rd->list, &HFS_I(inode)->open_dir_list);
 	}
 	memcpy(&rd->key, &fd.key, sizeof(struct hfs_cat_key));
@@ -306,7 +303,7 @@ static int hfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 
 const struct file_operations hfs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= hfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= hfs_readdir,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.release	= hfs_dir_release,
 };
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index a37ac934732..d8ce4bd17fc 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ fail:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-static int hfsplus_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int hfsplus_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	int len, err;
 	char strbuf[HFSPLUS_MAX_STRLEN + 1];
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static int hfsplus_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	struct hfsplus_readdir_data *rd;
 	u16 type;
 
-	if (filp->f_pos >= inode->i_size)
+	if (file->f_pos >= inode->i_size)
 		return 0;
 
 	err = hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
@@ -143,14 +143,13 @@ static int hfsplus_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	switch ((u32)filp->f_pos) {
-	case 0:
+	if (ctx->pos == 0) {
 		/* This is completely artificial... */
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, 0, inode->i_ino, DT_DIR))
+		if (!dir_emit_dot(file, ctx))
 			goto out;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		/* fall through */
-	case 1:
+		ctx->pos = 1;
+	}
+	if (ctx->pos == 1) {
 		if (fd.entrylength > sizeof(entry) || fd.entrylength < 0) {
 			err = -EIO;
 			goto out;
@@ -168,19 +167,16 @@ static int hfsplus_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			err = -EIO;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, 1,
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, "..", 2,
 			    be32_to_cpu(entry.thread.parentID), DT_DIR))
 			goto out;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		/* fall through */
-	default:
-		if (filp->f_pos >= inode->i_size)
-			goto out;
-		err = hfs_brec_goto(&fd, filp->f_pos - 1);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
+		ctx->pos = 2;
 	}
-
+	if (ctx->pos >= inode->i_size)
+		goto out;
+	err = hfs_brec_goto(&fd, ctx->pos - 1);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 	for (;;) {
 		if (be32_to_cpu(fd.key->cat.parent) != inode->i_ino) {
 			pr_err("walked past end of dir\n");
@@ -211,7 +207,7 @@ static int hfsplus_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			    HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->hidden_dir->i_ino ==
 					be32_to_cpu(entry.folder.id))
 				goto next;
-			if (filldir(dirent, strbuf, len, filp->f_pos,
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, strbuf, len,
 				    be32_to_cpu(entry.folder.id), DT_DIR))
 				break;
 		} else if (type == HFSPLUS_FILE) {
@@ -220,7 +216,7 @@ static int hfsplus_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				err = -EIO;
 				goto out;
 			}
-			if (filldir(dirent, strbuf, len, filp->f_pos,
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, strbuf, len,
 				    be32_to_cpu(entry.file.id), DT_REG))
 				break;
 		} else {
@@ -229,22 +225,22 @@ static int hfsplus_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			goto out;
 		}
 next:
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		if (filp->f_pos >= inode->i_size)
+		ctx->pos++;
+		if (ctx->pos >= inode->i_size)
 			goto out;
 		err = hfs_brec_goto(&fd, 1);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 	}
-	rd = filp->private_data;
+	rd = file->private_data;
 	if (!rd) {
 		rd = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hfsplus_readdir_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!rd) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		filp->private_data = rd;
-		rd->file = filp;
+		file->private_data = rd;
+		rd->file = file;
 		list_add(&rd->list, &HFSPLUS_I(inode)->open_dir_list);
 	}
 	memcpy(&rd->key, fd.key, sizeof(struct hfsplus_cat_key));
@@ -538,7 +534,7 @@ const struct inode_operations hfsplus_dir_inode_operations = {
 const struct file_operations hfsplus_dir_operations = {
 	.fsync		= hfsplus_file_fsync,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= hfsplus_readdir,
+	.iterate	= hfsplus_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = hfsplus_ioctl,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.release	= hfsplus_dir_release,
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 32f35f18798..cddb0521751 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static const struct super_operations hostfs_sbops = {
 	.show_options	= hostfs_show_options,
 };
 
-int hostfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *ent, filldir_t filldir)
+int hostfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	void *dir;
 	char *name;
@@ -292,12 +292,11 @@ int hostfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *ent, filldir_t filldir)
 	__putname(name);
 	if (dir == NULL)
 		return -error;
-	next = file->f_pos;
+	next = ctx->pos;
 	while ((name = read_dir(dir, &next, &ino, &len, &type)) != NULL) {
-		error = (*filldir)(ent, name, len, file->f_pos,
-				   ino, type);
-		if (error) break;
-		file->f_pos = next;
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, name, len, ino, type))
+			break;
+		ctx->pos = next;
 	}
 	close_dir(dir);
 	return 0;
@@ -393,7 +392,7 @@ static const struct file_operations hostfs_file_fops = {
 
 static const struct file_operations hostfs_dir_fops = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.readdir	= hostfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= hostfs_readdir,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/dir.c b/fs/hpfs/dir.c
index 834ac13c04b..292b1acb9b8 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/dir.c
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ fail:
 	return -ESPIPE;
 }
 
-static int hpfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int hpfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct hpfs_inode_info *hpfs_inode = hpfs_i(inode);
 	struct quad_buffer_head qbh;
 	struct hpfs_dirent *de;
 	int lc;
-	long old_pos;
+	loff_t next_pos;
 	unsigned char *tempname;
 	int c1, c2 = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ static int hpfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		}
 	}
 	lc = hpfs_sb(inode->i_sb)->sb_lowercase;
-	if (filp->f_pos == 12) { /* diff -r requires this (note, that diff -r */
-		filp->f_pos = 13; /* also fails on msdos filesystem in 2.0) */
+	if (ctx->pos == 12) { /* diff -r requires this (note, that diff -r */
+		ctx->pos = 13; /* also fails on msdos filesystem in 2.0) */
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (filp->f_pos == 13) {
+	if (ctx->pos == 13) {
 		ret = -ENOENT;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -120,33 +120,34 @@ static int hpfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		   accepted by filldir, but what can I do?
 		   maybe killall -9 ls helps */
 		if (hpfs_sb(inode->i_sb)->sb_chk)
-			if (hpfs_stop_cycles(inode->i_sb, filp->f_pos, &c1, &c2, "hpfs_readdir")) {
+			if (hpfs_stop_cycles(inode->i_sb, ctx->pos, &c1, &c2, "hpfs_readdir")) {
 				ret = -EFSERROR;
 				goto out;
 			}
-		if (filp->f_pos == 12)
+		if (ctx->pos == 12)
 			goto out;
-		if (filp->f_pos == 3 || filp->f_pos == 4 || filp->f_pos == 5) {
-			printk("HPFS: warning: pos==%d\n",(int)filp->f_pos);
+		if (ctx->pos == 3 || ctx->pos == 4 || ctx->pos == 5) {
+			printk("HPFS: warning: pos==%d\n",(int)ctx->pos);
 			goto out;
 		}
-		if (filp->f_pos == 0) {
-			if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos, inode->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
+		if (ctx->pos == 0) {
+			if (!dir_emit_dot(file, ctx))
 				goto out;
-			filp->f_pos = 11;
+			ctx->pos = 11;
 		}
-		if (filp->f_pos == 11) {
-			if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, filp->f_pos, hpfs_inode->i_parent_dir, DT_DIR) < 0)
+		if (ctx->pos == 11) {
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, "..", 2, hpfs_inode->i_parent_dir, DT_DIR))
 				goto out;
-			filp->f_pos = 1;
+			ctx->pos = 1;
 		}
-		if (filp->f_pos == 1) {
-			filp->f_pos = ((loff_t) hpfs_de_as_down_as_possible(inode->i_sb, hpfs_inode->i_dno) << 4) + 1;
-			hpfs_add_pos(inode, &filp->f_pos);
-			filp->f_version = inode->i_version;
+		if (ctx->pos == 1) {
+			ctx->pos = ((loff_t) hpfs_de_as_down_as_possible(inode->i_sb, hpfs_inode->i_dno) << 4) + 1;
+			hpfs_add_pos(inode, &file->f_pos);
+			file->f_version = inode->i_version;
 		}
-		old_pos = filp->f_pos;
-		if (!(de = map_pos_dirent(inode, &filp->f_pos, &qbh))) {
+		next_pos = ctx->pos;
+		if (!(de = map_pos_dirent(inode, &next_pos, &qbh))) {
+			ctx->pos = next_pos;
 			ret = -EIOERROR;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -154,20 +155,21 @@ static int hpfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			if (hpfs_sb(inode->i_sb)->sb_chk) {
 				if (de->first && !de->last && (de->namelen != 2
 				    || de ->name[0] != 1 || de->name[1] != 1))
-					hpfs_error(inode->i_sb, "hpfs_readdir: bad ^A^A entry; pos = %08lx", old_pos);
+					hpfs_error(inode->i_sb, "hpfs_readdir: bad ^A^A entry; pos = %08lx", (unsigned long)ctx->pos);
 				if (de->last && (de->namelen != 1 || de ->name[0] != 255))
-					hpfs_error(inode->i_sb, "hpfs_readdir: bad \\377 entry; pos = %08lx", old_pos);
+					hpfs_error(inode->i_sb, "hpfs_readdir: bad \\377 entry; pos = %08lx", (unsigned long)ctx->pos);
 			}
 			hpfs_brelse4(&qbh);
+			ctx->pos = next_pos;
 			goto again;
 		}
 		tempname = hpfs_translate_name(inode->i_sb, de->name, de->namelen, lc, de->not_8x3);
-		if (filldir(dirent, tempname, de->namelen, old_pos, le32_to_cpu(de->fnode), DT_UNKNOWN) < 0) {
-			filp->f_pos = old_pos;
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, tempname, de->namelen, le32_to_cpu(de->fnode), DT_UNKNOWN)) {
 			if (tempname != de->name) kfree(tempname);
 			hpfs_brelse4(&qbh);
 			goto out;
 		}
+		ctx->pos = next_pos;
 		if (tempname != de->name) kfree(tempname);
 		hpfs_brelse4(&qbh);
 	}
@@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ const struct file_operations hpfs_dir_ops =
 {
 	.llseek		= hpfs_dir_lseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= hpfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= hpfs_readdir,
 	.release	= hpfs_dir_release,
 	.fsync		= hpfs_file_fsync,
 };
diff --git a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
index cd3e38972c8..fc90ab11c34 100644
--- a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
+++ b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
@@ -542,8 +542,8 @@ static const struct file_operations hppfs_file_fops = {
 };
 
 struct hppfs_dirent {
-	void *vfs_dirent;
-	filldir_t filldir;
+	struct dir_context ctx;
+	struct dir_context *caller;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 };
 
@@ -555,34 +555,29 @@ static int hppfs_filldir(void *d, const char *name, int size,
 	if (file_removed(dirent->dentry, name))
 		return 0;
 
-	return (*dirent->filldir)(dirent->vfs_dirent, name, size, offset,
-				  inode, type);
+	dirent->caller->pos = dirent->ctx.pos;
+	return !dir_emit(dirent->caller, name, size, inode, type);
 }
 
-static int hppfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *ent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int hppfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct hppfs_private *data = file->private_data;
 	struct file *proc_file = data->proc_file;
-	int (*readdir)(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
-	struct hppfs_dirent dirent = ((struct hppfs_dirent)
-		                      { .vfs_dirent  	= ent,
-					.filldir 	= filldir,
-					.dentry  	= file->f_path.dentry
-				      });
+	struct hppfs_dirent d = {
+		.ctx.actor	= hppfs_filldir,
+		.caller		= ctx,
+		.dentry  	= file->f_path.dentry
+	};
 	int err;
-
-	readdir = file_inode(proc_file)->i_fop->readdir;
-
-	proc_file->f_pos = file->f_pos;
-	err = (*readdir)(proc_file, &dirent, hppfs_filldir);
-	file->f_pos = proc_file->f_pos;
-
+	proc_file->f_pos = ctx->pos;
+	err = iterate_dir(proc_file, &d.ctx);
+	ctx->pos = d.ctx.pos;
 	return err;
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations hppfs_dir_fops = {
 	.owner		= NULL,
-	.readdir	= hppfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= hppfs_readdir,
 	.open		= hppfs_dir_open,
 	.llseek		= default_llseek,
 	.release	= hppfs_release,
diff --git a/fs/isofs/dir.c b/fs/isofs/dir.c
index a7d5c3c3d4e..b943cbd963b 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/dir.c
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ int get_acorn_filename(struct iso_directory_record *de,
 /*
  * This should _really_ be cleaned up some day..
  */
-static int do_isofs_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
-		void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
+static int do_isofs_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
+		struct dir_context *ctx,
 		char *tmpname, struct iso_directory_record *tmpde)
 {
 	unsigned long bufsize = ISOFS_BUFFER_SIZE(inode);
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ static int do_isofs_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 	struct iso_directory_record *de;
 	struct isofs_sb_info *sbi = ISOFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
-	offset = filp->f_pos & (bufsize - 1);
-	block = filp->f_pos >> bufbits;
+	offset = ctx->pos & (bufsize - 1);
+	block = ctx->pos >> bufbits;
 
-	while (filp->f_pos < inode->i_size) {
+	while (ctx->pos < inode->i_size) {
 		int de_len;
 
 		if (!bh) {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int do_isofs_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 
 		de = (struct iso_directory_record *) (bh->b_data + offset);
 
-		de_len = *(unsigned char *) de;
+		de_len = *(unsigned char *)de;
 
 		/*
 		 * If the length byte is zero, we should move on to the next
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ static int do_isofs_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 		if (de_len == 0) {
 			brelse(bh);
 			bh = NULL;
-			filp->f_pos = (filp->f_pos + ISOFS_BLOCK_SIZE) & ~(ISOFS_BLOCK_SIZE - 1);
-			block = filp->f_pos >> bufbits;
+			ctx->pos = (ctx->pos + ISOFS_BLOCK_SIZE) & ~(ISOFS_BLOCK_SIZE - 1);
+			block = ctx->pos >> bufbits;
 			offset = 0;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -164,16 +164,16 @@ static int do_isofs_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 
 		if (de->flags[-sbi->s_high_sierra] & 0x80) {
 			first_de = 0;
-			filp->f_pos += de_len;
+			ctx->pos += de_len;
 			continue;
 		}
 		first_de = 1;
 
 		/* Handle the case of the '.' directory */
 		if (de->name_len[0] == 1 && de->name[0] == 0) {
-			if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos, inode->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
+			if (!dir_emit_dot(file, ctx))
 				break;
-			filp->f_pos += de_len;
+			ctx->pos += de_len;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -181,10 +181,9 @@ static int do_isofs_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 
 		/* Handle the case of the '..' directory */
 		if (de->name_len[0] == 1 && de->name[0] == 1) {
-			inode_number = parent_ino(filp->f_path.dentry);
-			if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, filp->f_pos, inode_number, DT_DIR) < 0)
+			if (!dir_emit_dotdot(file, ctx))
 				break;
-			filp->f_pos += de_len;
+			ctx->pos += de_len;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ static int do_isofs_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 		if ((sbi->s_hide && (de->flags[-sbi->s_high_sierra] & 1)) ||
 		    (!sbi->s_showassoc &&
 				(de->flags[-sbi->s_high_sierra] & 4))) {
-			filp->f_pos += de_len;
+			ctx->pos += de_len;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -230,10 +229,10 @@ static int do_isofs_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 			}
 		}
 		if (len > 0) {
-			if (filldir(dirent, p, len, filp->f_pos, inode_number, DT_UNKNOWN) < 0)
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, p, len, inode_number, DT_UNKNOWN))
 				break;
 		}
-		filp->f_pos += de_len;
+		ctx->pos += de_len;
 
 		continue;
 	}
@@ -247,13 +246,12 @@ static int do_isofs_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
  * handling split directory entries.. The real work is done by
  * "do_isofs_readdir()".
  */
-static int isofs_readdir(struct file *filp,
-		void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int isofs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	int result;
 	char *tmpname;
 	struct iso_directory_record *tmpde;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	tmpname = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (tmpname == NULL)
@@ -261,7 +259,7 @@ static int isofs_readdir(struct file *filp,
 
 	tmpde = (struct iso_directory_record *) (tmpname+1024);
 
-	result = do_isofs_readdir(inode, filp, dirent, filldir, tmpname, tmpde);
+	result = do_isofs_readdir(inode, file, ctx, tmpname, tmpde);
 
 	free_page((unsigned long) tmpname);
 	return result;
@@ -271,7 +269,7 @@ const struct file_operations isofs_dir_operations =
 {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
 	.read = generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir = isofs_readdir,
+	.iterate = isofs_readdir,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index acd46a4160c..e3aac222472 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include "nodelist.h"
 
-static int jffs2_readdir (struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
+static int jffs2_readdir (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
 static int jffs2_create (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t,
 			 bool);
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static int jffs2_rename (struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 const struct file_operations jffs2_dir_operations =
 {
 	.read =		generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir =	jffs2_readdir,
+	.iterate =	jffs2_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl=jffs2_ioctl,
 	.fsync =	jffs2_fsync,
 	.llseek =	generic_file_llseek,
@@ -114,60 +114,40 @@ static struct dentry *jffs2_lookup(struct inode *dir_i, struct dentry *target,
 /***********************************************************************/
 
 
-static int jffs2_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int jffs2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct jffs2_inode_info *f;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+	struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(inode);
 	struct jffs2_full_dirent *fd;
-	unsigned long offset, curofs;
+	unsigned long curofs = 1;
 
-	jffs2_dbg(1, "jffs2_readdir() for dir_i #%lu\n",
-		  file_inode(filp)->i_ino);
+	jffs2_dbg(1, "jffs2_readdir() for dir_i #%lu\n", inode->i_ino);
 
-	f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(inode);
-
-	offset = filp->f_pos;
-
-	if (offset == 0) {
-		jffs2_dbg(1, "Dirent 0: \".\", ino #%lu\n", inode->i_ino);
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, 0, inode->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out;
-		offset++;
-	}
-	if (offset == 1) {
-		unsigned long pino = parent_ino(filp->f_path.dentry);
-		jffs2_dbg(1, "Dirent 1: \"..\", ino #%lu\n", pino);
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, 1, pino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out;
-		offset++;
-	}
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		return 0;
 
-	curofs=1;
 	mutex_lock(&f->sem);
 	for (fd = f->dents; fd; fd = fd->next) {
-
 		curofs++;
-		/* First loop: curofs = 2; offset = 2 */
-		if (curofs < offset) {
+		/* First loop: curofs = 2; pos = 2 */
+		if (curofs < ctx->pos) {
 			jffs2_dbg(2, "Skipping dirent: \"%s\", ino #%u, type %d, because curofs %ld < offset %ld\n",
-				  fd->name, fd->ino, fd->type, curofs, offset);
+				  fd->name, fd->ino, fd->type, curofs, (unsigned long)ctx->pos);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!fd->ino) {
 			jffs2_dbg(2, "Skipping deletion dirent \"%s\"\n",
 				  fd->name);
-			offset++;
+			ctx->pos++;
 			continue;
 		}
 		jffs2_dbg(2, "Dirent %ld: \"%s\", ino #%u, type %d\n",
-			  offset, fd->name, fd->ino, fd->type);
-		if (filldir(dirent, fd->name, strlen(fd->name), offset, fd->ino, fd->type) < 0)
+			  (unsigned long)ctx->pos, fd->name, fd->ino, fd->type);
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, fd->name, strlen(fd->name), fd->ino, fd->type))
 			break;
-		offset++;
+		ctx->pos++;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&f->sem);
- out:
-	filp->f_pos = offset;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c
index 0ddbeceafc6..9f4ed13d9f1 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c
@@ -3002,9 +3002,9 @@ static inline struct jfs_dirent *next_jfs_dirent(struct jfs_dirent *dirent)
  * return: offset = (pn, index) of start entry
  *	of next jfs_readdir()/dtRead()
  */
-int jfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+int jfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *ip = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *ip = file_inode(file);
 	struct nls_table *codepage = JFS_SBI(ip->i_sb)->nls_tab;
 	int rc = 0;
 	loff_t dtpos;	/* legacy OS/2 style position */
@@ -3033,7 +3033,7 @@ int jfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	int overflow, fix_page, page_fixed = 0;
 	static int unique_pos = 2;	/* If we can't fix broken index */
 
-	if (filp->f_pos == DIREND)
+	if (ctx->pos == DIREND)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (DO_INDEX(ip)) {
@@ -3045,7 +3045,7 @@ int jfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		 */
 		do_index = 1;
 
-		dir_index = (u32) filp->f_pos;
+		dir_index = (u32) ctx->pos;
 
 		if (dir_index > 1) {
 			struct dir_table_slot dirtab_slot;
@@ -3053,25 +3053,25 @@ int jfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			if (dtEmpty(ip) ||
 			    (dir_index >= JFS_IP(ip)->next_index)) {
 				/* Stale position.  Directory has shrunk */
-				filp->f_pos = DIREND;
+				ctx->pos = DIREND;
 				return 0;
 			}
 		      repeat:
 			rc = read_index(ip, dir_index, &dirtab_slot);
 			if (rc) {
-				filp->f_pos = DIREND;
+				ctx->pos = DIREND;
 				return rc;
 			}
 			if (dirtab_slot.flag == DIR_INDEX_FREE) {
 				if (loop_count++ > JFS_IP(ip)->next_index) {
 					jfs_err("jfs_readdir detected "
 						   "infinite loop!");
-					filp->f_pos = DIREND;
+					ctx->pos = DIREND;
 					return 0;
 				}
 				dir_index = le32_to_cpu(dirtab_slot.addr2);
 				if (dir_index == -1) {
-					filp->f_pos = DIREND;
+					ctx->pos = DIREND;
 					return 0;
 				}
 				goto repeat;
@@ -3080,13 +3080,13 @@ int jfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			index = dirtab_slot.slot;
 			DT_GETPAGE(ip, bn, mp, PSIZE, p, rc);
 			if (rc) {
-				filp->f_pos = DIREND;
+				ctx->pos = DIREND;
 				return 0;
 			}
 			if (p->header.flag & BT_INTERNAL) {
 				jfs_err("jfs_readdir: bad index table");
 				DT_PUTPAGE(mp);
-				filp->f_pos = -1;
+				ctx->pos = -1;
 				return 0;
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -3094,23 +3094,22 @@ int jfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				/*
 				 * self "."
 				 */
-				filp->f_pos = 0;
-				if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, 0, ip->i_ino,
-					    DT_DIR))
+				ctx->pos = 0;
+				if (!dir_emit(ctx, ".", 1, ip->i_ino, DT_DIR))
 					return 0;
 			}
 			/*
 			 * parent ".."
 			 */
-			filp->f_pos = 1;
-			if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, 1, PARENT(ip), DT_DIR))
+			ctx->pos = 1;
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, "..", 2, PARENT(ip), DT_DIR))
 				return 0;
 
 			/*
 			 * Find first entry of left-most leaf
 			 */
 			if (dtEmpty(ip)) {
-				filp->f_pos = DIREND;
+				ctx->pos = DIREND;
 				return 0;
 			}
 
@@ -3128,23 +3127,19 @@ int jfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		 * pn > 0:		Real entries, pn=1 -> leftmost page
 		 * pn = index = -1:	No more entries
 		 */
-		dtpos = filp->f_pos;
+		dtpos = ctx->pos;
 		if (dtpos == 0) {
 			/* build "." entry */
-
-			if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos, ip->i_ino,
-				    DT_DIR))
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, ".", 1, ip->i_ino, DT_DIR))
 				return 0;
 			dtoffset->index = 1;
-			filp->f_pos = dtpos;
+			ctx->pos = dtpos;
 		}
 
 		if (dtoffset->pn == 0) {
 			if (dtoffset->index == 1) {
 				/* build ".." entry */
-
-				if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, filp->f_pos,
-					    PARENT(ip), DT_DIR))
+				if (!dir_emit(ctx, "..", 2, PARENT(ip), DT_DIR))
 					return 0;
 			} else {
 				jfs_err("jfs_readdir called with "
@@ -3152,18 +3147,18 @@ int jfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			}
 			dtoffset->pn = 1;
 			dtoffset->index = 0;
-			filp->f_pos = dtpos;
+			ctx->pos = dtpos;
 		}
 
 		if (dtEmpty(ip)) {
-			filp->f_pos = DIREND;
+			ctx->pos = DIREND;
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		if ((rc = dtReadNext(ip, &filp->f_pos, &btstack))) {
+		if ((rc = dtReadNext(ip, &ctx->pos, &btstack))) {
 			jfs_err("jfs_readdir: unexpected rc = %d "
 				"from dtReadNext", rc);
-			filp->f_pos = DIREND;
+			ctx->pos = DIREND;
 			return 0;
 		}
 		/* get start leaf page and index */
@@ -3171,7 +3166,7 @@ int jfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 
 		/* offset beyond directory eof ? */
 		if (bn < 0) {
-			filp->f_pos = DIREND;
+			ctx->pos = DIREND;
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -3180,7 +3175,7 @@ int jfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	if (dirent_buf == 0) {
 		DT_PUTPAGE(mp);
 		jfs_warn("jfs_readdir: __get_free_page failed!");
-		filp->f_pos = DIREND;
+		ctx->pos = DIREND;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -3295,9 +3290,9 @@ skip_one:
 
 		jfs_dirent = (struct jfs_dirent *) dirent_buf;
 		while (jfs_dirents--) {
-			filp->f_pos = jfs_dirent->position;
-			if (filldir(dirent, jfs_dirent->name,
-				    jfs_dirent->name_len, filp->f_pos,
+			ctx->pos = jfs_dirent->position;
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, jfs_dirent->name,
+				    jfs_dirent->name_len,
 				    jfs_dirent->ino, DT_UNKNOWN))
 				goto out;
 			jfs_dirent = next_jfs_dirent(jfs_dirent);
@@ -3309,7 +3304,7 @@ skip_one:
 		}
 
 		if (!overflow && (bn == 0)) {
-			filp->f_pos = DIREND;
+			ctx->pos = DIREND;
 			break;
 		}
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.h
index 2545bb31723..fd4169e6e69 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.h
@@ -265,5 +265,5 @@ extern int dtDelete(tid_t tid, struct inode *ip, struct component_name * key,
 extern int dtModify(tid_t tid, struct inode *ip, struct component_name * key,
 		    ino_t * orig_ino, ino_t new_ino, int flag);
 
-extern int jfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir);
+extern int jfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx);
 #endif				/* !_H_JFS_DTREE */
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 3b91a7ad608..89186b7b900 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ const struct inode_operations jfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 
 const struct file_operations jfs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= jfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= jfs_readdir,
 	.fsync		= jfs_fsync,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = jfs_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 916da8c4158..c3a0837fb86 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -135,60 +135,40 @@ static inline unsigned char dt_type(struct inode *inode)
  * both impossible due to the lock on directory.
  */
 
-int dcache_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+int dcache_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
-	struct dentry *cursor = filp->private_data;
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+	struct dentry *cursor = file->private_data;
 	struct list_head *p, *q = &cursor->d_u.d_child;
-	ino_t ino;
-	int i = filp->f_pos;
 
-	switch (i) {
-		case 0:
-			ino = dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
-			if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-				break;
-			filp->f_pos++;
-			i++;
-			/* fallthrough */
-		case 1:
-			ino = parent_ino(dentry);
-			if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-				break;
-			filp->f_pos++;
-			i++;
-			/* fallthrough */
-		default:
-			spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			if (filp->f_pos == 2)
-				list_move(q, &dentry->d_subdirs);
-
-			for (p=q->next; p != &dentry->d_subdirs; p=p->next) {
-				struct dentry *next;
-				next = list_entry(p, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
-				spin_lock_nested(&next->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
-				if (!simple_positive(next)) {
-					spin_unlock(&next->d_lock);
-					continue;
-				}
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		return 0;
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	if (ctx->pos == 2)
+		list_move(q, &dentry->d_subdirs);
+
+	for (p = q->next; p != &dentry->d_subdirs; p = p->next) {
+		struct dentry *next = list_entry(p, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
+		spin_lock_nested(&next->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+		if (!simple_positive(next)) {
+			spin_unlock(&next->d_lock);
+			continue;
+		}
 
-				spin_unlock(&next->d_lock);
-				spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-				if (filldir(dirent, next->d_name.name, 
-					    next->d_name.len, filp->f_pos, 
-					    next->d_inode->i_ino, 
-					    dt_type(next->d_inode)) < 0)
-					return 0;
-				spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-				spin_lock_nested(&next->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
-				/* next is still alive */
-				list_move(q, p);
-				spin_unlock(&next->d_lock);
-				p = q;
-				filp->f_pos++;
-			}
-			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&next->d_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, next->d_name.name, next->d_name.len,
+			      next->d_inode->i_ino, dt_type(next->d_inode)))
+			return 0;
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		spin_lock_nested(&next->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+		/* next is still alive */
+		list_move(q, p);
+		spin_unlock(&next->d_lock);
+		p = q;
+		ctx->pos++;
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -202,7 +182,7 @@ const struct file_operations simple_dir_operations = {
 	.release	= dcache_dir_close,
 	.llseek		= dcache_dir_lseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= dcache_readdir,
+	.iterate	= dcache_readdir,
 	.fsync		= noop_fsync,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/logfs/dir.c b/fs/logfs/dir.c
index b8275108211..6bdc347008f 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/dir.c
@@ -281,17 +281,23 @@ static int logfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 /* FIXME: readdir currently has it's own dir_walk code.  I don't see a good
  * way to combine the two copies */
-#define IMPLICIT_NODES 2
-static int __logfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *buf, filldir_t filldir)
+static int logfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct inode *dir = file_inode(file);
-	loff_t pos = file->f_pos - IMPLICIT_NODES;
+	loff_t pos;
 	struct page *page;
 	struct logfs_disk_dentry *dd;
-	int full;
 
+	if (ctx->pos < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		return 0;
+
+	pos = ctx->pos - 2;
 	BUG_ON(pos < 0);
-	for (;; pos++) {
+	for (;; pos++, ctx->pos++) {
+		bool full;
 		if (beyond_eof(dir, pos))
 			break;
 		if (!logfs_exist_block(dir, pos)) {
@@ -306,42 +312,17 @@ static int __logfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *buf, filldir_t filldir)
 		dd = kmap(page);
 		BUG_ON(dd->namelen == 0);
 
-		full = filldir(buf, (char *)dd->name, be16_to_cpu(dd->namelen),
-				pos, be64_to_cpu(dd->ino), dd->type);
+		full = !dir_emit(ctx, (char *)dd->name,
+				be16_to_cpu(dd->namelen),
+				be64_to_cpu(dd->ino), dd->type);
 		kunmap(page);
 		page_cache_release(page);
 		if (full)
 			break;
 	}
-
-	file->f_pos = pos + IMPLICIT_NODES;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int logfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *buf, filldir_t filldir)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
-	ino_t pino = parent_ino(file->f_dentry);
-	int err;
-
-	if (file->f_pos < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (file->f_pos == 0) {
-		if (filldir(buf, ".", 1, 1, inode->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			return 0;
-		file->f_pos++;
-	}
-	if (file->f_pos == 1) {
-		if (filldir(buf, "..", 2, 2, pino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			return 0;
-		file->f_pos++;
-	}
-
-	err = __logfs_readdir(file, buf, filldir);
-	return err;
-}
-
 static void logfs_set_name(struct logfs_disk_dentry *dd, struct qstr *name)
 {
 	dd->namelen = cpu_to_be16(name->len);
@@ -814,7 +795,7 @@ const struct inode_operations logfs_dir_iops = {
 const struct file_operations logfs_dir_fops = {
 	.fsync		= logfs_fsync,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= logfs_ioctl,
-	.readdir	= logfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= logfs_readdir,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.llseek		= default_llseek,
 };
diff --git a/fs/minix/dir.c b/fs/minix/dir.c
index a9ed6f36e6e..08c442902fc 100644
--- a/fs/minix/dir.c
+++ b/fs/minix/dir.c
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 typedef struct minix_dir_entry minix_dirent;
 typedef struct minix3_dir_entry minix3_dirent;
 
-static int minix_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
+static int minix_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
 const struct file_operations minix_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= minix_readdir,
+	.iterate	= minix_readdir,
 	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
 };
 
@@ -82,22 +82,23 @@ static inline void *minix_next_entry(void *de, struct minix_sb_info *sbi)
 	return (void*)((char*)de + sbi->s_dirsize);
 }
 
-static int minix_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int minix_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	unsigned long pos = filp->f_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	unsigned offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
-	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
 	struct minix_sb_info *sbi = minix_sb(sb);
 	unsigned chunk_size = sbi->s_dirsize;
-	char *name;
-	__u32 inumber;
+	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
+	unsigned long pos = ctx->pos;
+	unsigned offset;
+	unsigned long n;
 
-	pos = (pos + chunk_size-1) & ~(chunk_size-1);
+	ctx->pos = pos = (pos + chunk_size-1) & ~(chunk_size-1);
 	if (pos >= inode->i_size)
-		goto done;
+		return 0;
+
+	offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+	n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
 	for ( ; n < npages; n++, offset = 0) {
 		char *p, *kaddr, *limit;
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ static int minix_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		p = kaddr+offset;
 		limit = kaddr + minix_last_byte(inode, n) - chunk_size;
 		for ( ; p <= limit; p = minix_next_entry(p, sbi)) {
+			const char *name;
+			__u32 inumber;
 			if (sbi->s_version == MINIX_V3) {
 				minix3_dirent *de3 = (minix3_dirent *)p;
 				name = de3->name;
@@ -119,24 +122,17 @@ static int minix_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				inumber = de->inode;
 			}
 			if (inumber) {
-				int over;
-
 				unsigned l = strnlen(name, sbi->s_namelen);
-				offset = p - kaddr;
-				over = filldir(dirent, name, l,
-					(n << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) | offset,
-					inumber, DT_UNKNOWN);
-				if (over) {
+				if (!dir_emit(ctx, name, l,
+					      inumber, DT_UNKNOWN)) {
 					dir_put_page(page);
-					goto done;
+					return 0;
 				}
 			}
+			ctx->pos += chunk_size;
 		}
 		dir_put_page(page);
 	}
-
-done:
-	filp->f_pos = (n << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) | offset;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index 6792ce11f2b..0e7f0029821 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
 
 #include "ncp_fs.h"
 
-static void ncp_read_volume_list(struct file *, void *, filldir_t,
+static void ncp_read_volume_list(struct file *, struct dir_context *,
 				struct ncp_cache_control *);
-static void ncp_do_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t,
+static void ncp_do_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *,
 				struct ncp_cache_control *);
 
-static int ncp_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
+static int ncp_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
 static int ncp_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t, bool);
 static struct dentry *ncp_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int);
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const struct file_operations ncp_dir_operations =
 {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= ncp_readdir,
+	.iterate	= ncp_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= ncp_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ncp_compat_ioctl,
@@ -424,9 +424,9 @@ static time_t ncp_obtain_mtime(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return ncp_date_dos2unix(i.modifyTime, i.modifyDate);
 }
 
-static int ncp_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int ncp_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	struct ncp_server *server = NCP_SERVER(inode);
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static int ncp_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 
 	DDPRINTK("ncp_readdir: reading %s/%s, pos=%d\n",
 		dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name,
-		(int) filp->f_pos);
+		(int) ctx->pos);
 
 	result = -EIO;
 	/* Do not generate '.' and '..' when server is dead. */
@@ -448,16 +448,8 @@ static int ncp_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		goto out;
 
 	result = 0;
-	if (filp->f_pos == 0) {
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, 0, inode->i_ino, DT_DIR))
-			goto out;
-		filp->f_pos = 1;
-	}
-	if (filp->f_pos == 1) {
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, 1, parent_ino(dentry), DT_DIR))
-			goto out;
-		filp->f_pos = 2;
-	}
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		goto out;
 
 	page = grab_cache_page(&inode->i_data, 0);
 	if (!page)
@@ -469,7 +461,7 @@ static int ncp_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	if (!PageUptodate(page) || !ctl.head.eof)
 		goto init_cache;
 
-	if (filp->f_pos == 2) {
+	if (ctx->pos == 2) {
 		if (jiffies - ctl.head.time >= NCP_MAX_AGE(server))
 			goto init_cache;
 
@@ -479,10 +471,10 @@ static int ncp_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			goto init_cache;
 	}
 
-	if (filp->f_pos > ctl.head.end)
+	if (ctx->pos > ctl.head.end)
 		goto finished;
 
-	ctl.fpos = filp->f_pos + (NCP_DIRCACHE_START - 2);
+	ctl.fpos = ctx->pos + (NCP_DIRCACHE_START - 2);
 	ctl.ofs  = ctl.fpos / NCP_DIRCACHE_SIZE;
 	ctl.idx  = ctl.fpos % NCP_DIRCACHE_SIZE;
 
@@ -497,21 +489,21 @@ static int ncp_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		}
 		while (ctl.idx < NCP_DIRCACHE_SIZE) {
 			struct dentry *dent;
-			int res;
+			bool over;
 
 			dent = ncp_dget_fpos(ctl.cache->dentry[ctl.idx],
-						dentry, filp->f_pos);
+						dentry, ctx->pos);
 			if (!dent)
 				goto invalid_cache;
-			res = filldir(dirent, dent->d_name.name,
-					dent->d_name.len, filp->f_pos,
+			over = !dir_emit(ctx, dent->d_name.name,
+					dent->d_name.len,
 					dent->d_inode->i_ino, DT_UNKNOWN);
 			dput(dent);
-			if (res)
+			if (over)
 				goto finished;
-			filp->f_pos += 1;
+			ctx->pos += 1;
 			ctl.idx += 1;
-			if (filp->f_pos > ctl.head.end)
+			if (ctx->pos > ctl.head.end)
 				goto finished;
 		}
 		if (ctl.page) {
@@ -548,9 +540,9 @@ init_cache:
 	ctl.valid  = 1;
 read_really:
 	if (ncp_is_server_root(inode)) {
-		ncp_read_volume_list(filp, dirent, filldir, &ctl);
+		ncp_read_volume_list(file, ctx, &ctl);
 	} else {
-		ncp_do_readdir(filp, dirent, filldir, &ctl);
+		ncp_do_readdir(file, ctx, &ctl);
 	}
 	ctl.head.end = ctl.fpos - 1;
 	ctl.head.eof = ctl.valid;
@@ -573,11 +565,11 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int
-ncp_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
+ncp_fill_cache(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 		struct ncp_cache_control *ctrl, struct ncp_entry_info *entry,
 		int inval_childs)
 {
-	struct dentry *newdent, *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
+	struct dentry *newdent, *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct inode *dir = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct ncp_cache_control ctl = *ctrl;
 	struct qstr qname;
@@ -666,15 +658,15 @@ ncp_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 end_advance:
 	if (!valid)
 		ctl.valid = 0;
-	if (!ctl.filled && (ctl.fpos == filp->f_pos)) {
+	if (!ctl.filled && (ctl.fpos == ctx->pos)) {
 		if (!ino)
 			ino = find_inode_number(dentry, &qname);
 		if (!ino)
 			ino = iunique(dir->i_sb, 2);
-		ctl.filled = filldir(dirent, qname.name, qname.len,
-				     filp->f_pos, ino, DT_UNKNOWN);
+		ctl.filled = !dir_emit(ctx, qname.name, qname.len,
+				     ino, DT_UNKNOWN);
 		if (!ctl.filled)
-			filp->f_pos += 1;
+			ctx->pos += 1;
 	}
 	ctl.fpos += 1;
 	ctl.idx  += 1;
@@ -683,10 +675,10 @@ end_advance:
 }
 
 static void
-ncp_read_volume_list(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
+ncp_read_volume_list(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 			struct ncp_cache_control *ctl)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct ncp_server *server = NCP_SERVER(inode);
 	struct ncp_volume_info info;
@@ -694,7 +686,7 @@ ncp_read_volume_list(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 	int i;
 
 	DPRINTK("ncp_read_volume_list: pos=%ld\n",
-			(unsigned long) filp->f_pos);
+			(unsigned long) ctx->pos);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NCP_NUMBER_OF_VOLUMES; i++) {
 		int inval_dentry;
@@ -715,16 +707,16 @@ ncp_read_volume_list(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 		}
 		inval_dentry = ncp_update_known_namespace(server, entry.i.volNumber, NULL);
 		entry.volume = entry.i.volNumber;
-		if (!ncp_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir, ctl, &entry, inval_dentry))
+		if (!ncp_fill_cache(file, ctx, ctl, &entry, inval_dentry))
 			return;
 	}
 }
 
 static void
-ncp_do_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
+ncp_do_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 						struct ncp_cache_control *ctl)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct inode *dir = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct ncp_server *server = NCP_SERVER(dir);
 	struct nw_search_sequence seq;
@@ -736,7 +728,7 @@ ncp_do_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 
 	DPRINTK("ncp_do_readdir: %s/%s, fpos=%ld\n",
 		dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name,
-		(unsigned long) filp->f_pos);
+		(unsigned long) ctx->pos);
 	PPRINTK("ncp_do_readdir: init %s, volnum=%d, dirent=%u\n",
 		dentry->d_name.name, NCP_FINFO(dir)->volNumber,
 		NCP_FINFO(dir)->dirEntNum);
@@ -778,7 +770,7 @@ ncp_do_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 			rpl += onerpl;
 			rpls -= onerpl;
 			entry.volume = entry.i.volNumber;
-			if (!ncp_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir, ctl, &entry, 0))
+			if (!ncp_fill_cache(file, ctx, ctl, &entry, 0))
 				break;
 		}
 	} while (more);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index e093e73178b..5d051419527 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 static int nfs_opendir(struct inode *, struct file *);
 static int nfs_closedir(struct inode *, struct file *);
-static int nfs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
+static int nfs_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 static int nfs_fsync_dir(struct file *, loff_t, loff_t, int);
 static loff_t nfs_llseek_dir(struct file *, loff_t, int);
 static void nfs_readdir_clear_array(struct page*);
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static void nfs_readdir_clear_array(struct page*);
 const struct file_operations nfs_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= nfs_llseek_dir,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= nfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= nfs_readdir,
 	.open		= nfs_opendir,
 	.release	= nfs_closedir,
 	.fsync		= nfs_fsync_dir,
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ typedef int (*decode_dirent_t)(struct xdr_stream *, struct nfs_entry *, int);
 typedef struct {
 	struct file	*file;
 	struct page	*page;
+	struct dir_context *ctx;
 	unsigned long	page_index;
 	u64		*dir_cookie;
 	u64		last_cookie;
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ out:
 static
 int nfs_readdir_search_for_pos(struct nfs_cache_array *array, nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc)
 {
-	loff_t diff = desc->file->f_pos - desc->current_index;
+	loff_t diff = desc->ctx->pos - desc->current_index;
 	unsigned int index;
 
 	if (diff < 0)
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ int nfs_readdir_search_for_cookie(struct nfs_cache_array *array, nfs_readdir_des
 			    || (nfsi->cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA))) {
 				ctx->duped = 0;
 				ctx->attr_gencount = nfsi->attr_gencount;
-			} else if (new_pos < desc->file->f_pos) {
+			} else if (new_pos < desc->ctx->pos) {
 				if (ctx->duped > 0
 				    && ctx->dup_cookie == *desc->dir_cookie) {
 					if (printk_ratelimit()) {
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ int nfs_readdir_search_for_cookie(struct nfs_cache_array *array, nfs_readdir_des
 				ctx->dup_cookie = *desc->dir_cookie;
 				ctx->duped = -1;
 			}
-			desc->file->f_pos = new_pos;
+			desc->ctx->pos = new_pos;
 			desc->cache_entry_index = i;
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -405,13 +406,13 @@ different:
 }
 
 static
-bool nfs_use_readdirplus(struct inode *dir, struct file *filp)
+bool nfs_use_readdirplus(struct inode *dir, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	if (!nfs_server_capable(dir, NFS_CAP_READDIRPLUS))
 		return false;
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(NFS_INO_ADVISE_RDPLUS, &NFS_I(dir)->flags))
 		return true;
-	if (filp->f_pos == 0)
+	if (ctx->pos == 0)
 		return true;
 	return false;
 }
@@ -702,8 +703,7 @@ int readdir_search_pagecache(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc)
  * Once we've found the start of the dirent within a page: fill 'er up...
  */
 static 
-int nfs_do_filldir(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, void *dirent,
-		   filldir_t filldir)
+int nfs_do_filldir(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc)
 {
 	struct file	*file = desc->file;
 	int i = 0;
@@ -721,13 +721,12 @@ int nfs_do_filldir(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, void *dirent,
 		struct nfs_cache_array_entry *ent;
 
 		ent = &array->array[i];
-		if (filldir(dirent, ent->string.name, ent->string.len,
-		    file->f_pos, nfs_compat_user_ino64(ent->ino),
-		    ent->d_type) < 0) {
+		if (!dir_emit(desc->ctx, ent->string.name, ent->string.len,
+		    nfs_compat_user_ino64(ent->ino), ent->d_type)) {
 			desc->eof = 1;
 			break;
 		}
-		file->f_pos++;
+		desc->ctx->pos++;
 		if (i < (array->size-1))
 			*desc->dir_cookie = array->array[i+1].cookie;
 		else
@@ -759,8 +758,7 @@ out:
  *	 directory in the page cache by the time we get here.
  */
 static inline
-int uncached_readdir(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, void *dirent,
-		     filldir_t filldir)
+int uncached_readdir(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc)
 {
 	struct page	*page = NULL;
 	int		status;
@@ -785,7 +783,7 @@ int uncached_readdir(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, void *dirent,
 	if (status < 0)
 		goto out_release;
 
-	status = nfs_do_filldir(desc, dirent, filldir);
+	status = nfs_do_filldir(desc);
 
  out:
 	dfprintk(DIRCACHE, "NFS: %s: returns %d\n",
@@ -800,35 +798,36 @@ int uncached_readdir(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, void *dirent,
    last cookie cache takes care of the common case of reading the
    whole directory.
  */
-static int nfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int nfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct dentry	*dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
+	struct dentry	*dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct inode	*inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	nfs_readdir_descriptor_t my_desc,
 			*desc = &my_desc;
-	struct nfs_open_dir_context *dir_ctx = filp->private_data;
+	struct nfs_open_dir_context *dir_ctx = file->private_data;
 	int res;
 
 	dfprintk(FILE, "NFS: readdir(%s/%s) starting at cookie %llu\n",
 			dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name,
-			(long long)filp->f_pos);
+			(long long)ctx->pos);
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSGETDENTS);
 
 	/*
-	 * filp->f_pos points to the dirent entry number.
+	 * ctx->pos points to the dirent entry number.
 	 * *desc->dir_cookie has the cookie for the next entry. We have
 	 * to either find the entry with the appropriate number or
 	 * revalidate the cookie.
 	 */
 	memset(desc, 0, sizeof(*desc));
 
-	desc->file = filp;
+	desc->file = file;
+	desc->ctx = ctx;
 	desc->dir_cookie = &dir_ctx->dir_cookie;
 	desc->decode = NFS_PROTO(inode)->decode_dirent;
-	desc->plus = nfs_use_readdirplus(inode, filp) ? 1 : 0;
+	desc->plus = nfs_use_readdirplus(inode, ctx) ? 1 : 0;
 
 	nfs_block_sillyrename(dentry);
-	res = nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, filp->f_mapping);
+	res = nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, file->f_mapping);
 	if (res < 0)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -840,7 +839,7 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			/* This means either end of directory */
 			if (*desc->dir_cookie && desc->eof == 0) {
 				/* Or that the server has 'lost' a cookie */
-				res = uncached_readdir(desc, dirent, filldir);
+				res = uncached_readdir(desc);
 				if (res == 0)
 					continue;
 			}
@@ -857,7 +856,7 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		if (res < 0)
 			break;
 
-		res = nfs_do_filldir(desc, dirent, filldir);
+		res = nfs_do_filldir(desc);
 		if (res < 0)
 			break;
 	} while (!desc->eof);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index 4e9a21db867..105a3b080d1 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -240,11 +240,16 @@ struct name_list {
 	struct list_head list;
 };
 
+struct nfs4_dir_ctx {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
+	struct list_head names;
+};
+
 static int
 nfsd4_build_namelist(void *arg, const char *name, int namlen,
 		loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
 {
-	struct list_head *names = arg;
+	struct nfs4_dir_ctx *ctx = arg;
 	struct name_list *entry;
 
 	if (namlen != HEXDIR_LEN - 1)
@@ -254,7 +259,7 @@ nfsd4_build_namelist(void *arg, const char *name, int namlen,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	memcpy(entry->name, name, HEXDIR_LEN - 1);
 	entry->name[HEXDIR_LEN - 1] = '\0';
-	list_add(&entry->list, names);
+	list_add(&entry->list, &ctx->names);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -263,7 +268,10 @@ nfsd4_list_rec_dir(recdir_func *f, struct nfsd_net *nn)
 {
 	const struct cred *original_cred;
 	struct dentry *dir = nn->rec_file->f_path.dentry;
-	LIST_HEAD(names);
+	struct nfs4_dir_ctx ctx = {
+		.ctx.actor = nfsd4_build_namelist,
+		.names = LIST_HEAD_INIT(ctx.names)
+	};
 	int status;
 
 	status = nfs4_save_creds(&original_cred);
@@ -276,11 +284,11 @@ nfsd4_list_rec_dir(recdir_func *f, struct nfsd_net *nn)
 		return status;
 	}
 
-	status = vfs_readdir(nn->rec_file, nfsd4_build_namelist, &names);
+	status = iterate_dir(nn->rec_file, &ctx.ctx);
 	mutex_lock_nested(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-	while (!list_empty(&names)) {
+	while (!list_empty(&ctx.names)) {
 		struct name_list *entry;
-		entry = list_entry(names.next, struct name_list, list);
+		entry = list_entry(ctx.names.next, struct name_list, list);
 		if (!status) {
 			struct dentry *dentry;
 			dentry = lookup_one_len(entry->name, dir, HEXDIR_LEN-1);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 84ce601d806..a6bc8a7423d 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1912,6 +1912,7 @@ struct buffered_dirent {
 };
 
 struct readdir_data {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	char		*dirent;
 	size_t		used;
 	int		full;
@@ -1943,13 +1944,15 @@ static int nfsd_buffered_filldir(void *__buf, const char *name, int namlen,
 static __be32 nfsd_buffered_readdir(struct file *file, filldir_t func,
 				    struct readdir_cd *cdp, loff_t *offsetp)
 {
-	struct readdir_data buf;
 	struct buffered_dirent *de;
 	int host_err;
 	int size;
 	loff_t offset;
+	struct readdir_data buf = {
+		.ctx.actor = nfsd_buffered_filldir,
+		.dirent = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL)
+	};
 
-	buf.dirent = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf.dirent)
 		return nfserrno(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -1963,7 +1966,7 @@ static __be32 nfsd_buffered_readdir(struct file *file, filldir_t func,
 		buf.used = 0;
 		buf.full = 0;
 
-		host_err = vfs_readdir(file, nfsd_buffered_filldir, &buf);
+		host_err = iterate_dir(file, &buf.ctx);
 		if (buf.full)
 			host_err = 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
index f30b017740a..197a63e9d10 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
@@ -256,22 +256,18 @@ static void nilfs_set_de_type(struct nilfs_dir_entry *de, struct inode *inode)
 	de->file_type = nilfs_type_by_mode[(mode & S_IFMT)>>S_SHIFT];
 }
 
-static int nilfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int nilfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	loff_t pos = filp->f_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	loff_t pos = ctx->pos;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	unsigned int offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
 /*	unsigned chunk_mask = ~(nilfs_chunk_size(inode)-1); */
-	unsigned char *types = NULL;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (pos > inode->i_size - NILFS_DIR_REC_LEN(1))
-		goto success;
-
-	types = nilfs_filetype_table;
+		return 0;
 
 	for ( ; n < npages; n++, offset = 0) {
 		char *kaddr, *limit;
@@ -281,9 +277,8 @@ static int nilfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		if (IS_ERR(page)) {
 			nilfs_error(sb, __func__, "bad page in #%lu",
 				    inode->i_ino);
-			filp->f_pos += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
-			ret = -EIO;
-			goto done;
+			ctx->pos += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
+			return -EIO;
 		}
 		kaddr = page_address(page);
 		de = (struct nilfs_dir_entry *)(kaddr + offset);
@@ -293,35 +288,28 @@ static int nilfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			if (de->rec_len == 0) {
 				nilfs_error(sb, __func__,
 					    "zero-length directory entry");
-				ret = -EIO;
 				nilfs_put_page(page);
-				goto done;
+				return -EIO;
 			}
 			if (de->inode) {
-				int over;
-				unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
+				unsigned char t;
 
-				if (types && de->file_type < NILFS_FT_MAX)
-					d_type = types[de->file_type];
+				if (de->file_type < NILFS_FT_MAX)
+					t = nilfs_filetype_table[de->file_type];
+				else
+					t = DT_UNKNOWN;
 
-				offset = (char *)de - kaddr;
-				over = filldir(dirent, de->name, de->name_len,
-						(n<<PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) | offset,
-						le64_to_cpu(de->inode), d_type);
-				if (over) {
+				if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name, de->name_len,
+						le64_to_cpu(de->inode), t)) {
 					nilfs_put_page(page);
-					goto success;
+					return 0;
 				}
 			}
-			filp->f_pos += nilfs_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len);
+			ctx->pos += nilfs_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len);
 		}
 		nilfs_put_page(page);
 	}
-
-success:
-	ret = 0;
-done:
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -678,7 +666,7 @@ not_empty:
 const struct file_operations nilfs_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= nilfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= nilfs_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= nilfs_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= nilfs_compat_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/dir.c b/fs/ntfs/dir.c
index aa411c3f20e..9e38dafa3bc 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/dir.c
@@ -1004,13 +1004,11 @@ dir_err_out:
 /**
  * ntfs_filldir - ntfs specific filldir method
  * @vol:	current ntfs volume
- * @fpos:	position in the directory
  * @ndir:	ntfs inode of current directory
  * @ia_page:	page in which the index allocation buffer @ie is in resides
  * @ie:		current index entry
  * @name:	buffer to use for the converted name
- * @dirent:	vfs filldir callback context
- * @filldir:	vfs filldir callback
+ * @actor:	what to feed the entries to
  *
  * Convert the Unicode @name to the loaded NLS and pass it to the @filldir
  * callback.
@@ -1024,12 +1022,12 @@ dir_err_out:
  * retake the lock if we are returning a non-zero value as ntfs_readdir()
  * would need to drop the lock immediately anyway.
  */
-static inline int ntfs_filldir(ntfs_volume *vol, loff_t fpos,
+static inline int ntfs_filldir(ntfs_volume *vol,
 		ntfs_inode *ndir, struct page *ia_page, INDEX_ENTRY *ie,
-		u8 *name, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+		u8 *name, struct dir_context *actor)
 {
 	unsigned long mref;
-	int name_len, rc;
+	int name_len;
 	unsigned dt_type;
 	FILE_NAME_TYPE_FLAGS name_type;
 
@@ -1068,13 +1066,14 @@ static inline int ntfs_filldir(ntfs_volume *vol, loff_t fpos,
 	if (ia_page)
 		unlock_page(ia_page);
 	ntfs_debug("Calling filldir for %s with len %i, fpos 0x%llx, inode "
-			"0x%lx, DT_%s.", name, name_len, fpos, mref,
+			"0x%lx, DT_%s.", name, name_len, actor->pos, mref,
 			dt_type == DT_DIR ? "DIR" : "REG");
-	rc = filldir(dirent, name, name_len, fpos, mref, dt_type);
+	if (!dir_emit(actor, name, name_len, mref, dt_type))
+		return 1;
 	/* Relock the page but not if we are aborting ->readdir. */
-	if (!rc && ia_page)
+	if (ia_page)
 		lock_page(ia_page);
-	return rc;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1097,11 +1096,11 @@ static inline int ntfs_filldir(ntfs_volume *vol, loff_t fpos,
  *	       removes them again after the write is complete after which it 
  *	       unlocks the page.
  */
-static int ntfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int ntfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *actor)
 {
 	s64 ia_pos, ia_start, prev_ia_pos, bmp_pos;
-	loff_t fpos, i_size;
-	struct inode *bmp_vi, *vdir = file_inode(filp);
+	loff_t i_size;
+	struct inode *bmp_vi, *vdir = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = vdir->i_sb;
 	ntfs_inode *ndir = NTFS_I(vdir);
 	ntfs_volume *vol = NTFS_SB(sb);
@@ -1116,33 +1115,16 @@ static int ntfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	u8 *kaddr, *bmp, *index_end;
 	ntfs_attr_search_ctx *ctx;
 
-	fpos = filp->f_pos;
 	ntfs_debug("Entering for inode 0x%lx, fpos 0x%llx.",
-			vdir->i_ino, fpos);
+			vdir->i_ino, actor->pos);
 	rc = err = 0;
 	/* Are we at end of dir yet? */
 	i_size = i_size_read(vdir);
-	if (fpos >= i_size + vol->mft_record_size)
-		goto done;
+	if (actor->pos >= i_size + vol->mft_record_size)
+		return 0;
 	/* Emulate . and .. for all directories. */
-	if (!fpos) {
-		ntfs_debug("Calling filldir for . with len 1, fpos 0x0, "
-				"inode 0x%lx, DT_DIR.", vdir->i_ino);
-		rc = filldir(dirent, ".", 1, fpos, vdir->i_ino, DT_DIR);
-		if (rc)
-			goto done;
-		fpos++;
-	}
-	if (fpos == 1) {
-		ntfs_debug("Calling filldir for .. with len 2, fpos 0x1, "
-				"inode 0x%lx, DT_DIR.",
-				(unsigned long)parent_ino(filp->f_path.dentry));
-		rc = filldir(dirent, "..", 2, fpos,
-				parent_ino(filp->f_path.dentry), DT_DIR);
-		if (rc)
-			goto done;
-		fpos++;
-	}
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, actor))
+		return 0;
 	m = NULL;
 	ctx = NULL;
 	/*
@@ -1155,7 +1137,7 @@ static int ntfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 	/* Are we jumping straight into the index allocation attribute? */
-	if (fpos >= vol->mft_record_size)
+	if (actor->pos >= vol->mft_record_size)
 		goto skip_index_root;
 	/* Get hold of the mft record for the directory. */
 	m = map_mft_record(ndir);
@@ -1170,7 +1152,7 @@ static int ntfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 	/* Get the offset into the index root attribute. */
-	ir_pos = (s64)fpos;
+	ir_pos = (s64)actor->pos;
 	/* Find the index root attribute in the mft record. */
 	err = ntfs_attr_lookup(AT_INDEX_ROOT, I30, 4, CASE_SENSITIVE, 0, NULL,
 			0, ctx);
@@ -1226,10 +1208,9 @@ static int ntfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		if (ir_pos > (u8*)ie - (u8*)ir)
 			continue;
 		/* Advance the position even if going to skip the entry. */
-		fpos = (u8*)ie - (u8*)ir;
+		actor->pos = (u8*)ie - (u8*)ir;
 		/* Submit the name to the filldir callback. */
-		rc = ntfs_filldir(vol, fpos, ndir, NULL, ie, name, dirent,
-				filldir);
+		rc = ntfs_filldir(vol, ndir, NULL, ie, name, actor);
 		if (rc) {
 			kfree(ir);
 			goto abort;
@@ -1242,12 +1223,12 @@ static int ntfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	if (!NInoIndexAllocPresent(ndir))
 		goto EOD;
 	/* Advance fpos to the beginning of the index allocation. */
-	fpos = vol->mft_record_size;
+	actor->pos = vol->mft_record_size;
 skip_index_root:
 	kaddr = NULL;
 	prev_ia_pos = -1LL;
 	/* Get the offset into the index allocation attribute. */
-	ia_pos = (s64)fpos - vol->mft_record_size;
+	ia_pos = (s64)actor->pos - vol->mft_record_size;
 	ia_mapping = vdir->i_mapping;
 	ntfs_debug("Inode 0x%lx, getting index bitmap.", vdir->i_ino);
 	bmp_vi = ntfs_attr_iget(vdir, AT_BITMAP, I30, 4);
@@ -1409,7 +1390,7 @@ find_next_index_buffer:
 		if (ia_pos - ia_start > (u8*)ie - (u8*)ia)
 			continue;
 		/* Advance the position even if going to skip the entry. */
-		fpos = (u8*)ie - (u8*)ia +
+		actor->pos = (u8*)ie - (u8*)ia +
 				(sle64_to_cpu(ia->index_block_vcn) <<
 				ndir->itype.index.vcn_size_bits) +
 				vol->mft_record_size;
@@ -1419,8 +1400,7 @@ find_next_index_buffer:
 		 * before returning, unless a non-zero value is returned in
 		 * which case the page is left unlocked.
 		 */
-		rc = ntfs_filldir(vol, fpos, ndir, ia_page, ie, name, dirent,
-				filldir);
+		rc = ntfs_filldir(vol, ndir, ia_page, ie, name, actor);
 		if (rc) {
 			/* @ia_page is already unlocked in this case. */
 			ntfs_unmap_page(ia_page);
@@ -1439,18 +1419,9 @@ unm_EOD:
 	iput(bmp_vi);
 EOD:
 	/* We are finished, set fpos to EOD. */
-	fpos = i_size + vol->mft_record_size;
+	actor->pos = i_size + vol->mft_record_size;
 abort:
 	kfree(name);
-done:
-#ifdef DEBUG
-	if (!rc)
-		ntfs_debug("EOD, fpos 0x%llx, returning 0.", fpos);
-	else
-		ntfs_debug("filldir returned %i, fpos 0x%llx, returning 0.",
-				rc, fpos);
-#endif
-	filp->f_pos = fpos;
 	return 0;
 err_out:
 	if (bmp_page) {
@@ -1471,7 +1442,6 @@ iput_err_out:
 	if (!err)
 		err = -EIO;
 	ntfs_debug("Failed. Returning error code %i.", -err);
-	filp->f_pos = fpos;
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1571,7 +1541,7 @@ static int ntfs_dir_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 const struct file_operations ntfs_dir_ops = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,	/* Seek inside directory. */
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,	/* Return -EISDIR. */
-	.readdir	= ntfs_readdir,		/* Read directory contents. */
+	.iterate	= ntfs_readdir,		/* Read directory contents. */
 #ifdef NTFS_RW
 	.fsync		= ntfs_dir_fsync,	/* Sync a directory to disk. */
 	/*.aio_fsync	= ,*/			/* Sync all outstanding async
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index f1e1aed8f63..eb760d8acd5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -1761,11 +1761,10 @@ bail:
 
 static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_id(struct inode *inode,
 				    u64 *f_version,
-				    loff_t *f_pos, void *priv,
-				    filldir_t filldir, int *filldir_err)
+				    struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	int ret, i, filldir_ret;
-	unsigned long offset = *f_pos;
+	int ret, i;
+	unsigned long offset = ctx->pos;
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
 	struct ocfs2_inline_data *data;
@@ -1781,8 +1780,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_id(struct inode *inode,
 	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
 	data = &di->id2.i_data;
 
-	while (*f_pos < i_size_read(inode)) {
-revalidate:
+	while (ctx->pos < i_size_read(inode)) {
 		/* If the dir block has changed since the last call to
 		 * readdir(2), then we might be pointing to an invalid
 		 * dirent right now.  Scan from the start of the block
@@ -1802,50 +1800,31 @@ revalidate:
 					break;
 				i += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
 			}
-			*f_pos = offset = i;
+			ctx->pos = offset = i;
 			*f_version = inode->i_version;
 		}
 
-		de = (struct ocfs2_dir_entry *) (data->id_data + *f_pos);
-		if (!ocfs2_check_dir_entry(inode, de, di_bh, *f_pos)) {
+		de = (struct ocfs2_dir_entry *) (data->id_data + ctx->pos);
+		if (!ocfs2_check_dir_entry(inode, de, di_bh, ctx->pos)) {
 			/* On error, skip the f_pos to the end. */
-			*f_pos = i_size_read(inode);
-			goto out;
+			ctx->pos = i_size_read(inode);
+			break;
 		}
 		offset += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
 		if (le64_to_cpu(de->inode)) {
-			/* We might block in the next section
-			 * if the data destination is
-			 * currently swapped out.  So, use a
-			 * version stamp to detect whether or
-			 * not the directory has been modified
-			 * during the copy operation.
-			 */
-			u64 version = *f_version;
 			unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
 
 			if (de->file_type < OCFS2_FT_MAX)
 				d_type = ocfs2_filetype_table[de->file_type];
 
-			filldir_ret = filldir(priv, de->name,
-					      de->name_len,
-					      *f_pos,
-					      le64_to_cpu(de->inode),
-					      d_type);
-			if (filldir_ret) {
-				if (filldir_err)
-					*filldir_err = filldir_ret;
-				break;
-			}
-			if (version != *f_version)
-				goto revalidate;
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name, de->name_len,
+				      le64_to_cpu(de->inode), d_type))
+				goto out;
 		}
-		*f_pos += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
+		ctx->pos += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
 	}
-
 out:
 	brelse(di_bh);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1855,27 +1834,26 @@ out:
  */
 static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(struct inode *inode,
 				    u64 *f_version,
-				    loff_t *f_pos, void *priv,
-				    filldir_t filldir, int *filldir_err)
+				    struct dir_context *ctx,
+				    bool persist)
 {
-	int error = 0;
 	unsigned long offset, blk, last_ra_blk = 0;
-	int i, stored;
+	int i;
 	struct buffer_head * bh, * tmp;
 	struct ocfs2_dir_entry * de;
 	struct super_block * sb = inode->i_sb;
 	unsigned int ra_sectors = 16;
+	int stored = 0;
 
-	stored = 0;
 	bh = NULL;
 
-	offset = (*f_pos) & (sb->s_blocksize - 1);
+	offset = ctx->pos & (sb->s_blocksize - 1);
 
-	while (!error && !stored && *f_pos < i_size_read(inode)) {
-		blk = (*f_pos) >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+	while (ctx->pos < i_size_read(inode)) {
+		blk = ctx->pos >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
 		if (ocfs2_read_dir_block(inode, blk, &bh, 0)) {
 			/* Skip the corrupt dirblock and keep trying */
-			*f_pos += sb->s_blocksize - offset;
+			ctx->pos += sb->s_blocksize - offset;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -1897,7 +1875,6 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(struct inode *inode,
 			ra_sectors = 8;
 		}
 
-revalidate:
 		/* If the dir block has changed since the last call to
 		 * readdir(2), then we might be pointing to an invalid
 		 * dirent right now.  Scan from the start of the block
@@ -1917,93 +1894,64 @@ revalidate:
 				i += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
 			}
 			offset = i;
-			*f_pos = ((*f_pos) & ~(sb->s_blocksize - 1))
+			ctx->pos = (ctx->pos & ~(sb->s_blocksize - 1))
 				| offset;
 			*f_version = inode->i_version;
 		}
 
-		while (!error && *f_pos < i_size_read(inode)
+		while (ctx->pos < i_size_read(inode)
 		       && offset < sb->s_blocksize) {
 			de = (struct ocfs2_dir_entry *) (bh->b_data + offset);
 			if (!ocfs2_check_dir_entry(inode, de, bh, offset)) {
 				/* On error, skip the f_pos to the
 				   next block. */
-				*f_pos = ((*f_pos) | (sb->s_blocksize - 1)) + 1;
+				ctx->pos = (ctx->pos | (sb->s_blocksize - 1)) + 1;
 				brelse(bh);
-				goto out;
+				continue;
 			}
-			offset += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
 			if (le64_to_cpu(de->inode)) {
-				/* We might block in the next section
-				 * if the data destination is
-				 * currently swapped out.  So, use a
-				 * version stamp to detect whether or
-				 * not the directory has been modified
-				 * during the copy operation.
-				 */
-				unsigned long version = *f_version;
 				unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
 
 				if (de->file_type < OCFS2_FT_MAX)
 					d_type = ocfs2_filetype_table[de->file_type];
-				error = filldir(priv, de->name,
+				if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name,
 						de->name_len,
-						*f_pos,
 						le64_to_cpu(de->inode),
-						d_type);
-				if (error) {
-					if (filldir_err)
-						*filldir_err = error;
-					break;
+						d_type)) {
+					brelse(bh);
+					return 0;
 				}
-				if (version != *f_version)
-					goto revalidate;
-				stored ++;
+				stored++;
 			}
-			*f_pos += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
+			offset += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
+			ctx->pos += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
 		}
 		offset = 0;
 		brelse(bh);
 		bh = NULL;
+		if (!persist && stored)
+			break;
 	}
-
-	stored = 0;
-out:
-	return stored;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk(struct inode *inode, u64 *f_version,
-				 loff_t *f_pos, void *priv, filldir_t filldir,
-				 int *filldir_err)
+				 struct dir_context *ctx,
+				 bool persist)
 {
 	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL)
-		return ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_id(inode, f_version, f_pos, priv,
-						filldir, filldir_err);
-
-	return ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(inode, f_version, f_pos, priv, filldir,
-					filldir_err);
+		return ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_id(inode, f_version, ctx);
+	return ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(inode, f_version, ctx, persist);
 }
 
 /*
  * This is intended to be called from inside other kernel functions,
  * so we fake some arguments.
  */
-int ocfs2_dir_foreach(struct inode *inode, loff_t *f_pos, void *priv,
-		      filldir_t filldir)
+int ocfs2_dir_foreach(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	int ret = 0, filldir_err = 0;
 	u64 version = inode->i_version;
-
-	while (*f_pos < i_size_read(inode)) {
-		ret = ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk(inode, &version, f_pos, priv,
-					    filldir, &filldir_err);
-		if (ret || filldir_err)
-			break;
-	}
-
-	if (ret > 0)
-		ret = -EIO;
-
+	ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk(inode, &version, ctx, true);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2011,15 +1959,15 @@ int ocfs2_dir_foreach(struct inode *inode, loff_t *f_pos, void *priv,
  * ocfs2_readdir()
  *
  */
-int ocfs2_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+int ocfs2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	int error = 0;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int lock_level = 0;
 
 	trace_ocfs2_readdir((unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
 
-	error = ocfs2_inode_lock_atime(inode, filp->f_path.mnt, &lock_level);
+	error = ocfs2_inode_lock_atime(inode, file->f_path.mnt, &lock_level);
 	if (lock_level && error >= 0) {
 		/* We release EX lock which used to update atime
 		 * and get PR lock again to reduce contention
@@ -2035,8 +1983,7 @@ int ocfs2_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		goto bail_nolock;
 	}
 
-	error = ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk(inode, &filp->f_version, &filp->f_pos,
-				      dirent, filldir, NULL);
+	error = ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk(inode, &file->f_version, ctx, false);
 
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, lock_level);
 	if (error)
@@ -2120,6 +2067,7 @@ bail:
 }
 
 struct ocfs2_empty_dir_priv {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	unsigned seen_dot;
 	unsigned seen_dot_dot;
 	unsigned seen_other;
@@ -2204,8 +2152,9 @@ out:
 int ocfs2_empty_dir(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int ret;
-	loff_t start = 0;
-	struct ocfs2_empty_dir_priv priv;
+	struct ocfs2_empty_dir_priv priv = {
+		.ctx.actor = ocfs2_empty_dir_filldir
+	};
 
 	memset(&priv, 0, sizeof(priv));
 
@@ -2219,7 +2168,7 @@ int ocfs2_empty_dir(struct inode *inode)
 		 */
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_dir_foreach(inode, &start, &priv, ocfs2_empty_dir_filldir);
+	ret = ocfs2_dir_foreach(inode, &priv.ctx);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.h b/fs/ocfs2/dir.h
index e683f3deb64..f0344b75b14 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.h
@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ int ocfs2_find_files_on_disk(const char *name,
 			     struct ocfs2_dir_lookup_result *res);
 int ocfs2_lookup_ino_from_name(struct inode *dir, const char *name,
 			       int namelen, u64 *blkno);
-int ocfs2_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir);
-int ocfs2_dir_foreach(struct inode *inode, loff_t *f_pos, void *priv,
-		      filldir_t filldir);
+int ocfs2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx);
+int ocfs2_dir_foreach(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx);
 int ocfs2_prepare_dir_for_insert(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				 struct inode *dir,
 				 struct buffer_head *parent_fe_bh,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index ff54014a24e..8a38714f1d9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2712,7 +2712,7 @@ const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops = {
 const struct file_operations ocfs2_dops = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= ocfs2_readdir,
+	.iterate	= ocfs2_readdir,
 	.fsync		= ocfs2_sync_file,
 	.release	= ocfs2_dir_release,
 	.open		= ocfs2_dir_open,
@@ -2759,7 +2759,7 @@ const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops_no_plocks = {
 const struct file_operations ocfs2_dops_no_plocks = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= ocfs2_readdir,
+	.iterate	= ocfs2_readdir,
 	.fsync		= ocfs2_sync_file,
 	.release	= ocfs2_dir_release,
 	.open		= ocfs2_dir_open,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 8eccfabcd12..242170d8397 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -1941,6 +1941,7 @@ void ocfs2_orphan_scan_start(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 }
 
 struct ocfs2_orphan_filldir_priv {
+	struct dir_context	ctx;
 	struct inode		*head;
 	struct ocfs2_super	*osb;
 };
@@ -1977,11 +1978,11 @@ static int ocfs2_queue_orphans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 {
 	int status;
 	struct inode *orphan_dir_inode = NULL;
-	struct ocfs2_orphan_filldir_priv priv;
-	loff_t pos = 0;
-
-	priv.osb = osb;
-	priv.head = *head;
+	struct ocfs2_orphan_filldir_priv priv = {
+		.ctx.actor = ocfs2_orphan_filldir,
+		.osb = osb,
+		.head = *head
+	};
 
 	orphan_dir_inode = ocfs2_get_system_file_inode(osb,
 						       ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE,
@@ -1999,8 +2000,7 @@ static int ocfs2_queue_orphans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_dir_foreach(orphan_dir_inode, &pos, &priv,
-				   ocfs2_orphan_filldir);
+	status = ocfs2_dir_foreach(orphan_dir_inode, &priv.ctx);
 	if (status) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out_cluster;
diff --git a/fs/omfs/dir.c b/fs/omfs/dir.c
index acbaebcad3a..1b8e9e8405b 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/dir.c
@@ -327,26 +327,23 @@ int omfs_is_bad(struct omfs_sb_info *sbi, struct omfs_header *header,
 	return is_bad;
 }
 
-static int omfs_fill_chain(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
+static bool omfs_fill_chain(struct inode *dir, struct dir_context *ctx,
 		u64 fsblock, int hindex)
 {
-	struct inode *dir = file_inode(filp);
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	struct omfs_inode *oi;
-	u64 self;
-	int res = 0;
-	unsigned char d_type;
-
 	/* follow chain in this bucket */
 	while (fsblock != ~0) {
-		bh = omfs_bread(dir->i_sb, fsblock);
+		struct buffer_head *bh = omfs_bread(dir->i_sb, fsblock);
+		struct omfs_inode *oi;
+		u64 self;
+		unsigned char d_type;
+
 		if (!bh)
-			goto out;
+			return true;
 
 		oi = (struct omfs_inode *) bh->b_data;
 		if (omfs_is_bad(OMFS_SB(dir->i_sb), &oi->i_head, fsblock)) {
 			brelse(bh);
-			goto out;
+			return true;
 		}
 
 		self = fsblock;
@@ -361,15 +358,16 @@ static int omfs_fill_chain(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 
 		d_type = (oi->i_type == OMFS_DIR) ? DT_DIR : DT_REG;
 
-		res = filldir(dirent, oi->i_name, strnlen(oi->i_name,
-			OMFS_NAMELEN), filp->f_pos, self, d_type);
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, oi->i_name,
+			      strnlen(oi->i_name, OMFS_NAMELEN),
+			      self, d_type)) {
+			brelse(bh);
+			return false;
+		}
 		brelse(bh);
-		if (res < 0)
-			break;
-		filp->f_pos++;
+		ctx->pos++;
 	}
-out:
-	return res;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static int omfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
@@ -403,60 +401,44 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int omfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int omfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *dir = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *dir = file_inode(file);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	loff_t offset, res;
+	__be64 *p;
 	unsigned int hchain, hindex;
 	int nbuckets;
-	u64 fsblock;
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
-
-	if (filp->f_pos >> 32)
-		goto success;
-
-	switch ((unsigned long) filp->f_pos) {
-	case 0:
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, 0, dir->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto success;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		/* fall through */
-	case 1:
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, 1,
-		    parent_ino(filp->f_dentry), DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto success;
-		filp->f_pos = 1 << 20;
-		/* fall through */
+
+	if (ctx->pos >> 32)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (ctx->pos < 1 << 20) {
+		if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+			return 0;
+		ctx->pos = 1 << 20;
 	}
 
 	nbuckets = (dir->i_size - OMFS_DIR_START) / 8;
 
 	/* high 12 bits store bucket + 1 and low 20 bits store hash index */
-	hchain = (filp->f_pos >> 20) - 1;
-	hindex = filp->f_pos & 0xfffff;
+	hchain = (ctx->pos >> 20) - 1;
+	hindex = ctx->pos & 0xfffff;
 
 	bh = omfs_bread(dir->i_sb, dir->i_ino);
 	if (!bh)
-		goto out;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-	offset = OMFS_DIR_START + hchain * 8;
+	p = (__be64 *)(bh->b_data + OMFS_DIR_START) + hchain;
 
-	for (; hchain < nbuckets; hchain++, offset += 8) {
-		fsblock = be64_to_cpu(*((__be64 *) &bh->b_data[offset]));
-
-		res = omfs_fill_chain(filp, dirent, filldir, fsblock, hindex);
-		hindex = 0;
-		if (res < 0)
+	for (; hchain < nbuckets; hchain++) {
+		__u64 fsblock = be64_to_cpu(*p++);
+		if (!omfs_fill_chain(dir, ctx, fsblock, hindex))
 			break;
-
-		filp->f_pos = (hchain+2) << 20;
+		hindex = 0;
+		ctx->pos = (hchain+2) << 20;
 	}
 	brelse(bh);
-success:
-	ret = 0;
-out:
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations omfs_dir_inops = {
@@ -470,6 +452,6 @@ const struct inode_operations omfs_dir_inops = {
 
 const struct file_operations omfs_dir_operations = {
 	.read = generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir = omfs_readdir,
+	.iterate = omfs_readdir,
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
 };
diff --git a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
index 75885ffde44..8c0ceb8dd1f 100644
--- a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ static const struct file_operations openpromfs_prop_ops = {
 	.release	= seq_release,
 };
 
-static int openpromfs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
+static int openpromfs_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
 static const struct file_operations openprom_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= openpromfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= openpromfs_readdir,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
@@ -260,71 +260,64 @@ found:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int openpromfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int openpromfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct op_inode_info *oi = OP_I(inode);
 	struct device_node *dp = oi->u.node;
 	struct device_node *child;
 	struct property *prop;
-	unsigned int ino;
 	int i;
 
 	mutex_lock(&op_mutex);
 	
-	ino = inode->i_ino;
-	i = filp->f_pos;
-	switch (i) {
-	case 0:
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
+	if (ctx->pos == 0) {
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, ".", 1, inode->i_ino, DT_DIR))
 			goto out;
-		i++;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		/* fall thru */
-	case 1:
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, i,
+		ctx->pos = 1;
+	}
+	if (ctx->pos == 1) {
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, "..", 2,
 			    (dp->parent == NULL ?
 			     OPENPROM_ROOT_INO :
-			     dp->parent->unique_id), DT_DIR) < 0) 
+			     dp->parent->unique_id), DT_DIR))
 			goto out;
-		i++;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		/* fall thru */
-	default:
-		i -= 2;
-
-		/* First, the children nodes as directories.  */
-		child = dp->child;
-		while (i && child) {
-			child = child->sibling;
-			i--;
-		}
-		while (child) {
-			if (filldir(dirent,
-				    child->path_component_name,
-				    strlen(child->path_component_name),
-				    filp->f_pos, child->unique_id, DT_DIR) < 0)
-				goto out;
-
-			filp->f_pos++;
-			child = child->sibling;
-		}
+		ctx->pos = 2;
+	}
+	i = ctx->pos - 2;
 
-		/* Next, the properties as files.  */
-		prop = dp->properties;
-		while (i && prop) {
-			prop = prop->next;
-			i--;
-		}
-		while (prop) {
-			if (filldir(dirent, prop->name, strlen(prop->name),
-				    filp->f_pos, prop->unique_id, DT_REG) < 0)
-				goto out;
+	/* First, the children nodes as directories.  */
+	child = dp->child;
+	while (i && child) {
+		child = child->sibling;
+		i--;
+	}
+	while (child) {
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx,
+			    child->path_component_name,
+			    strlen(child->path_component_name),
+			    child->unique_id, DT_DIR))
+			goto out;
 
-			filp->f_pos++;
-			prop = prop->next;
-		}
+		ctx->pos++;
+		child = child->sibling;
+	}
+
+	/* Next, the properties as files.  */
+	prop = dp->properties;
+	while (i && prop) {
+		prop = prop->next;
+		i--;
 	}
+	while (prop) {
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, prop->name, strlen(prop->name),
+			    prop->unique_id, DT_REG))
+			goto out;
+
+		ctx->pos++;
+		prop = prop->next;
+	}
+
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&op_mutex);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index c3834dad09b..0016350ad95 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1681,11 +1681,11 @@ const struct dentry_operations pid_dentry_operations =
  * reported by readdir in sync with the inode numbers reported
  * by stat.
  */
-int proc_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
+bool proc_fill_cache(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 	const char *name, int len,
 	instantiate_t instantiate, struct task_struct *task, const void *ptr)
 {
-	struct dentry *child, *dir = filp->f_path.dentry;
+	struct dentry *child, *dir = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct qstr qname;
 	ino_t ino = 0;
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ end_instantiate:
 		ino = find_inode_number(dir, &qname);
 	if (!ino)
 		ino = 1;
-	return filldir(dirent, name, len, filp->f_pos, ino, type);
+	return dir_emit(ctx, name, len, ino, type);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
@@ -1931,14 +1931,15 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_map_files_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 static int
-proc_map_files_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+proc_map_files_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
-	ino_t ino;
+	unsigned long nr_files, pos, i;
+	struct flex_array *fa = NULL;
+	struct map_files_info info;
+	struct map_files_info *p;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = -EPERM;
@@ -1946,7 +1947,7 @@ proc_map_files_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = -ENOENT;
-	task = get_proc_task(inode);
+	task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	if (!task)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1955,91 +1956,73 @@ proc_map_files_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		goto out_put_task;
 
 	ret = 0;
-	switch (filp->f_pos) {
-	case 0:
-		ino = inode->i_ino;
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, 0, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out_put_task;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-	case 1:
-		ino = parent_ino(dentry);
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, 1, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out_put_task;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-	default:
-	{
-		unsigned long nr_files, pos, i;
-		struct flex_array *fa = NULL;
-		struct map_files_info info;
-		struct map_files_info *p;
-
-		mm = get_task_mm(task);
-		if (!mm)
-			goto out_put_task;
-		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		goto out_put_task;
 
-		nr_files = 0;
+	mm = get_task_mm(task);
+	if (!mm)
+		goto out_put_task;
+	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
-		/*
-		 * We need two passes here:
-		 *
-		 *  1) Collect vmas of mapped files with mmap_sem taken
-		 *  2) Release mmap_sem and instantiate entries
-		 *
-		 * otherwise we get lockdep complained, since filldir()
-		 * routine might require mmap_sem taken in might_fault().
-		 */
+	nr_files = 0;
 
-		for (vma = mm->mmap, pos = 2; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
-			if (vma->vm_file && ++pos > filp->f_pos)
-				nr_files++;
-		}
+	/*
+	 * We need two passes here:
+	 *
+	 *  1) Collect vmas of mapped files with mmap_sem taken
+	 *  2) Release mmap_sem and instantiate entries
+	 *
+	 * otherwise we get lockdep complained, since filldir()
+	 * routine might require mmap_sem taken in might_fault().
+	 */
 
-		if (nr_files) {
-			fa = flex_array_alloc(sizeof(info), nr_files,
-						GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!fa || flex_array_prealloc(fa, 0, nr_files,
-							GFP_KERNEL)) {
-				ret = -ENOMEM;
-				if (fa)
-					flex_array_free(fa);
-				up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-				mmput(mm);
-				goto out_put_task;
-			}
-			for (i = 0, vma = mm->mmap, pos = 2; vma;
-					vma = vma->vm_next) {
-				if (!vma->vm_file)
-					continue;
-				if (++pos <= filp->f_pos)
-					continue;
-
-				info.mode = vma->vm_file->f_mode;
-				info.len = snprintf(info.name,
-						sizeof(info.name), "%lx-%lx",
-						vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end);
-				if (flex_array_put(fa, i++, &info, GFP_KERNEL))
-					BUG();
-			}
+	for (vma = mm->mmap, pos = 2; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
+		if (vma->vm_file && ++pos > ctx->pos)
+			nr_files++;
+	}
+
+	if (nr_files) {
+		fa = flex_array_alloc(sizeof(info), nr_files,
+					GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!fa || flex_array_prealloc(fa, 0, nr_files,
+						GFP_KERNEL)) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			if (fa)
+				flex_array_free(fa);
+			up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+			mmput(mm);
+			goto out_put_task;
 		}
-		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-
-		for (i = 0; i < nr_files; i++) {
-			p = flex_array_get(fa, i);
-			ret = proc_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir,
-					      p->name, p->len,
-					      proc_map_files_instantiate,
-					      task,
-					      (void *)(unsigned long)p->mode);
-			if (ret)
-				break;
-			filp->f_pos++;
+		for (i = 0, vma = mm->mmap, pos = 2; vma;
+				vma = vma->vm_next) {
+			if (!vma->vm_file)
+				continue;
+			if (++pos <= ctx->pos)
+				continue;
+
+			info.mode = vma->vm_file->f_mode;
+			info.len = snprintf(info.name,
+					sizeof(info.name), "%lx-%lx",
+					vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end);
+			if (flex_array_put(fa, i++, &info, GFP_KERNEL))
+				BUG();
 		}
-		if (fa)
-			flex_array_free(fa);
-		mmput(mm);
 	}
+	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_files; i++) {
+		p = flex_array_get(fa, i);
+		if (!proc_fill_cache(file, ctx,
+				      p->name, p->len,
+				      proc_map_files_instantiate,
+				      task,
+				      (void *)(unsigned long)p->mode))
+			break;
+		ctx->pos++;
 	}
+	if (fa)
+		flex_array_free(fa);
+	mmput(mm);
 
 out_put_task:
 	put_task_struct(task);
@@ -2049,7 +2032,7 @@ out:
 
 static const struct file_operations proc_map_files_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= proc_map_files_readdir,
+	.iterate	= proc_map_files_readdir,
 	.llseek		= default_llseek,
 };
 
@@ -2217,67 +2200,30 @@ out_no_task:
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int proc_pident_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
-	filldir_t filldir, struct task_struct *task, const struct pid_entry *p)
-{
-	return proc_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir, p->name, p->len,
-				proc_pident_instantiate, task, p);
-}
-
-static int proc_pident_readdir(struct file *filp,
-		void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
+static int proc_pident_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 		const struct pid_entry *ents, unsigned int nents)
 {
-	int i;
-	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
-	const struct pid_entry *p, *last;
-	ino_t ino;
-	int ret;
+	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
+	const struct pid_entry *p;
 
-	ret = -ENOENT;
 	if (!task)
-		goto out_no_task;
+		return -ENOENT;
 
-	ret = 0;
-	i = filp->f_pos;
-	switch (i) {
-	case 0:
-		ino = inode->i_ino;
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out;
-		i++;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		/* fall through */
-	case 1:
-		ino = parent_ino(dentry);
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out;
-		i++;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		/* fall through */
-	default:
-		i -= 2;
-		if (i >= nents) {
-			ret = 1;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		p = ents + i;
-		last = &ents[nents - 1];
-		while (p <= last) {
-			if (proc_pident_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir, task, p) < 0)
-				goto out;
-			filp->f_pos++;
-			p++;
-		}
-	}
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		goto out;
+
+	if (ctx->pos >= nents + 2)
+		goto out;
 
-	ret = 1;
+	for (p = ents + (ctx->pos - 2); p <= ents + nents - 1; p++) {
+		if (!proc_fill_cache(file, ctx, p->name, p->len,
+				proc_pident_instantiate, task, p))
+			break;
+		ctx->pos++;
+	}
 out:
 	put_task_struct(task);
-out_no_task:
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
@@ -2362,16 +2308,15 @@ static const struct pid_entry attr_dir_stuff[] = {
 	REG("sockcreate", S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO, proc_pid_attr_operations),
 };
 
-static int proc_attr_dir_readdir(struct file * filp,
-			     void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int proc_attr_dir_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	return proc_pident_readdir(filp,dirent,filldir,
-				   attr_dir_stuff,ARRAY_SIZE(attr_dir_stuff));
+	return proc_pident_readdir(file, ctx, 
+				   attr_dir_stuff, ARRAY_SIZE(attr_dir_stuff));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations proc_attr_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= proc_attr_dir_readdir,
+	.iterate	= proc_attr_dir_readdir,
 	.llseek		= default_llseek,
 };
 
@@ -2725,16 +2670,15 @@ static const struct pid_entry tgid_base_stuff[] = {
 #endif
 };
 
-static int proc_tgid_base_readdir(struct file * filp,
-			     void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int proc_tgid_base_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	return proc_pident_readdir(filp,dirent,filldir,
-				   tgid_base_stuff,ARRAY_SIZE(tgid_base_stuff));
+	return proc_pident_readdir(file, ctx,
+				   tgid_base_stuff, ARRAY_SIZE(tgid_base_stuff));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations proc_tgid_base_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= proc_tgid_base_readdir,
+	.iterate	= proc_tgid_base_readdir,
 	.llseek		= default_llseek,
 };
 
@@ -2936,58 +2880,42 @@ retry:
 
 #define TGID_OFFSET (FIRST_PROCESS_ENTRY + 1)
 
-static int proc_pid_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
-	struct tgid_iter iter)
-{
-	char name[PROC_NUMBUF];
-	int len = snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%d", iter.tgid);
-	return proc_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir, name, len,
-				proc_pid_instantiate, iter.task, NULL);
-}
-
-static int fake_filldir(void *buf, const char *name, int namelen,
-			loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned d_type)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /* for the /proc/ directory itself, after non-process stuff has been done */
-int proc_pid_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+int proc_pid_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct tgid_iter iter;
 	struct pid_namespace *ns;
-	filldir_t __filldir;
-	loff_t pos = filp->f_pos;
+	loff_t pos = ctx->pos;
 
 	if (pos >= PID_MAX_LIMIT + TGID_OFFSET)
-		goto out;
+		return 0;
 
 	if (pos == TGID_OFFSET - 1) {
-		if (proc_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir, "self", 4,
-					NULL, NULL, NULL) < 0)
-			goto out;
+		if (!proc_fill_cache(file, ctx, "self", 4, NULL, NULL, NULL))
+			return 0;
 		iter.tgid = 0;
 	} else {
 		iter.tgid = pos - TGID_OFFSET;
 	}
 	iter.task = NULL;
-	ns = filp->f_dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+	ns = file->f_dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
 	for (iter = next_tgid(ns, iter);
 	     iter.task;
 	     iter.tgid += 1, iter = next_tgid(ns, iter)) {
-		if (has_pid_permissions(ns, iter.task, 2))
-			__filldir = filldir;
-		else
-			__filldir = fake_filldir;
+		char name[PROC_NUMBUF];
+		int len;
+		if (!has_pid_permissions(ns, iter.task, 2))
+			continue;
 
-		filp->f_pos = iter.tgid + TGID_OFFSET;
-		if (proc_pid_fill_cache(filp, dirent, __filldir, iter) < 0) {
+		len = snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%d", iter.tgid);
+		ctx->pos = iter.tgid + TGID_OFFSET;
+		if (!proc_fill_cache(file, ctx, name, len,
+				     proc_pid_instantiate, iter.task, NULL)) {
 			put_task_struct(iter.task);
-			goto out;
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
-	filp->f_pos = PID_MAX_LIMIT + TGID_OFFSET;
-out:
+	ctx->pos = PID_MAX_LIMIT + TGID_OFFSET;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3075,11 +3003,10 @@ static const struct pid_entry tid_base_stuff[] = {
 #endif
 };
 
-static int proc_tid_base_readdir(struct file * filp,
-			     void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int proc_tid_base_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	return proc_pident_readdir(filp,dirent,filldir,
-				   tid_base_stuff,ARRAY_SIZE(tid_base_stuff));
+	return proc_pident_readdir(file, ctx,
+				   tid_base_stuff, ARRAY_SIZE(tid_base_stuff));
 }
 
 static struct dentry *proc_tid_base_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
@@ -3090,7 +3017,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_tid_base_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *den
 
 static const struct file_operations proc_tid_base_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= proc_tid_base_readdir,
+	.iterate	= proc_tid_base_readdir,
 	.llseek		= default_llseek,
 };
 
@@ -3231,30 +3158,16 @@ static struct task_struct *next_tid(struct task_struct *start)
 	return pos;
 }
 
-static int proc_task_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
-	struct task_struct *task, int tid)
-{
-	char name[PROC_NUMBUF];
-	int len = snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%d", tid);
-	return proc_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir, name, len,
-				proc_task_instantiate, task, NULL);
-}
-
 /* for the /proc/TGID/task/ directories */
-static int proc_task_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int proc_task_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct task_struct *leader = NULL;
-	struct task_struct *task;
-	int retval = -ENOENT;
-	ino_t ino;
-	int tid;
+	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	struct pid_namespace *ns;
+	int tid;
 
-	task = get_proc_task(inode);
 	if (!task)
-		goto out_no_task;
+		return -ENOENT;
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (pid_alive(task)) {
 		leader = task->group_leader;
@@ -3263,46 +3176,36 @@ static int proc_task_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldi
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	put_task_struct(task);
 	if (!leader)
-		goto out_no_task;
-	retval = 0;
+		return -ENOENT;
 
-	switch ((unsigned long)filp->f_pos) {
-	case 0:
-		ino = inode->i_ino;
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		/* fall through */
-	case 1:
-		ino = parent_ino(dentry);
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		/* fall through */
-	}
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		goto out;
 
 	/* f_version caches the tgid value that the last readdir call couldn't
 	 * return. lseek aka telldir automagically resets f_version to 0.
 	 */
-	ns = filp->f_dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
-	tid = (int)filp->f_version;
-	filp->f_version = 0;
-	for (task = first_tid(leader, tid, filp->f_pos - 2, ns);
+	ns = file->f_dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+	tid = (int)file->f_version;
+	file->f_version = 0;
+	for (task = first_tid(leader, tid, ctx->pos - 2, ns);
 	     task;
-	     task = next_tid(task), filp->f_pos++) {
+	     task = next_tid(task), ctx->pos++) {
+		char name[PROC_NUMBUF];
+		int len;
 		tid = task_pid_nr_ns(task, ns);
-		if (proc_task_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir, task, tid) < 0) {
+		len = snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%d", tid);
+		if (!proc_fill_cache(file, ctx, name, len,
+				proc_task_instantiate, task, NULL)) {
 			/* returning this tgid failed, save it as the first
 			 * pid for the next readir call */
-			filp->f_version = (u64)tid;
+			file->f_version = (u64)tid;
 			put_task_struct(task);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 out:
 	put_task_struct(leader);
-out_no_task:
-	return retval;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int proc_task_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
@@ -3328,6 +3231,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_task_inode_operations = {
 
 static const struct file_operations proc_task_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= proc_task_readdir,
+	.iterate	= proc_task_readdir,
 	.llseek		= default_llseek,
 };
diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index d7a4a28ef63..1441f143c43 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -219,74 +219,58 @@ out_no_task:
 	return result;
 }
 
-static int proc_readfd_common(struct file * filp, void * dirent,
-			      filldir_t filldir, instantiate_t instantiate)
+static int proc_readfd_common(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
+			      instantiate_t instantiate)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct task_struct *p = get_proc_task(inode);
+	struct task_struct *p = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	struct files_struct *files;
-	unsigned int fd, ino;
-	int retval;
+	unsigned int fd;
 
-	retval = -ENOENT;
 	if (!p)
-		goto out_no_task;
-	retval = 0;
-
-	fd = filp->f_pos;
-	switch (fd) {
-		case 0:
-			if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, 0, inode->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-				goto out;
-			filp->f_pos++;
-		case 1:
-			ino = parent_ino(dentry);
-			if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, 1, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-				goto out;
-			filp->f_pos++;
-		default:
-			files = get_files_struct(p);
-			if (!files)
-				goto out;
-			rcu_read_lock();
-			for (fd = filp->f_pos - 2;
-			     fd < files_fdtable(files)->max_fds;
-			     fd++, filp->f_pos++) {
-				char name[PROC_NUMBUF];
-				int len;
-				int rv;
-
-				if (!fcheck_files(files, fd))
-					continue;
-				rcu_read_unlock();
+		return -ENOENT;
 
-				len = snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%d", fd);
-				rv = proc_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir,
-						     name, len, instantiate, p,
-						     (void *)(unsigned long)fd);
-				if (rv < 0)
-					goto out_fd_loop;
-				rcu_read_lock();
-			}
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-out_fd_loop:
-			put_files_struct(files);
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		goto out;
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		goto out;
+	files = get_files_struct(p);
+	if (!files)
+		goto out;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	for (fd = ctx->pos - 2;
+	     fd < files_fdtable(files)->max_fds;
+	     fd++, ctx->pos++) {
+		char name[PROC_NUMBUF];
+		int len;
+
+		if (!fcheck_files(files, fd))
+			continue;
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+
+		len = snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%d", fd);
+		if (!proc_fill_cache(file, ctx,
+				     name, len, instantiate, p,
+				     (void *)(unsigned long)fd))
+			goto out_fd_loop;
+		rcu_read_lock();
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+out_fd_loop:
+	put_files_struct(files);
 out:
 	put_task_struct(p);
-out_no_task:
-	return retval;
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static int proc_readfd(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int proc_readfd(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	return proc_readfd_common(filp, dirent, filldir, proc_fd_instantiate);
+	return proc_readfd_common(file, ctx, proc_fd_instantiate);
 }
 
 const struct file_operations proc_fd_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= proc_readfd,
+	.iterate	= proc_readfd,
 	.llseek		= default_llseek,
 };
 
@@ -351,9 +335,9 @@ proc_lookupfdinfo(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 	return proc_lookupfd_common(dir, dentry, proc_fdinfo_instantiate);
 }
 
-static int proc_readfdinfo(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int proc_readfdinfo(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	return proc_readfd_common(filp, dirent, filldir,
+	return proc_readfd_common(file, ctx,
 				  proc_fdinfo_instantiate);
 }
 
@@ -364,6 +348,6 @@ const struct inode_operations proc_fdinfo_inode_operations = {
 
 const struct file_operations proc_fdinfo_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= proc_readfdinfo,
+	.iterate	= proc_readfdinfo,
 	.llseek		= default_llseek,
 };
diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index a2596afffae..94441a40733 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -233,76 +233,52 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
  * value of the readdir() call, as long as it's non-negative
  * for success..
  */
-int proc_readdir_de(struct proc_dir_entry *de, struct file *filp, void *dirent,
-		filldir_t filldir)
+int proc_readdir_de(struct proc_dir_entry *de, struct file *file,
+		    struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	unsigned int ino;
 	int i;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	ino = inode->i_ino;
-	i = filp->f_pos;
-	switch (i) {
-		case 0:
-			if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-				goto out;
-			i++;
-			filp->f_pos++;
-			/* fall through */
-		case 1:
-			if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, i,
-				    parent_ino(filp->f_path.dentry),
-				    DT_DIR) < 0)
-				goto out;
-			i++;
-			filp->f_pos++;
-			/* fall through */
-		default:
-			spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
-			de = de->subdir;
-			i -= 2;
-			for (;;) {
-				if (!de) {
-					ret = 1;
-					spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
-					goto out;
-				}
-				if (!i)
-					break;
-				de = de->next;
-				i--;
-			}
 
-			do {
-				struct proc_dir_entry *next;
-
-				/* filldir passes info to user space */
-				pde_get(de);
-				spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
-				if (filldir(dirent, de->name, de->namelen, filp->f_pos,
-					    de->low_ino, de->mode >> 12) < 0) {
-					pde_put(de);
-					goto out;
-				}
-				spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
-				filp->f_pos++;
-				next = de->next;
-				pde_put(de);
-				de = next;
-			} while (de);
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		return 0;
+
+	spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
+	de = de->subdir;
+	i = ctx->pos - 2;
+	for (;;) {
+		if (!de) {
 			spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (!i)
+			break;
+		de = de->next;
+		i--;
 	}
-	ret = 1;
-out:
-	return ret;	
+
+	do {
+		struct proc_dir_entry *next;
+		pde_get(de);
+		spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name, de->namelen,
+			    de->low_ino, de->mode >> 12)) {
+			pde_put(de);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
+		ctx->pos++;
+		next = de->next;
+		pde_put(de);
+		de = next;
+	} while (de);
+	spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
+	return 0;
 }
 
-int proc_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+int proc_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
-	return proc_readdir_de(PDE(inode), filp, dirent, filldir);
+	return proc_readdir_de(PDE(inode), file, ctx);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -313,7 +289,7 @@ int proc_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 static const struct file_operations proc_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek			= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read			= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir		= proc_readdir,
+	.iterate		= proc_readdir,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index d600fb098b6..4eae2e149f3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -165,14 +165,14 @@ extern int proc_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern struct inode *proc_pid_make_inode(struct super_block *, struct task_struct *);
 extern int pid_revalidate(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 extern int pid_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *);
-extern int proc_pid_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
+extern int proc_pid_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 extern struct dentry *proc_pid_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 extern loff_t mem_lseek(struct file *, loff_t, int);
 
 /* Lookups */
 typedef struct dentry *instantiate_t(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 				     struct task_struct *, const void *);
-extern int proc_fill_cache(struct file *, void *, filldir_t, const char *, int,
+extern bool proc_fill_cache(struct file *, struct dir_context *, const char *, int,
 			   instantiate_t, struct task_struct *, const void *);
 
 /*
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ extern spinlock_t proc_subdir_lock;
 extern struct dentry *proc_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 extern struct dentry *proc_lookup_de(struct proc_dir_entry *, struct inode *,
 				     struct dentry *);
-extern int proc_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
-extern int proc_readdir_de(struct proc_dir_entry *, struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
+extern int proc_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
+extern int proc_readdir_de(struct proc_dir_entry *, struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
 static inline struct proc_dir_entry *pde_get(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
 {
diff --git a/fs/proc/namespaces.c b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
index 54bdc6701e9..f6abbbbfad8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/namespaces.c
+++ b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
@@ -213,74 +213,36 @@ out:
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int proc_ns_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
-	filldir_t filldir, struct task_struct *task,
-	const struct proc_ns_operations *ops)
+static int proc_ns_dir_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	return proc_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir,
-				ops->name, strlen(ops->name),
-				proc_ns_instantiate, task, ops);
-}
-
-static int proc_ns_dir_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
-				filldir_t filldir)
-{
-	int i;
-	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
+	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	const struct proc_ns_operations **entry, **last;
-	ino_t ino;
-	int ret;
 
-	ret = -ENOENT;
 	if (!task)
-		goto out_no_task;
+		return -ENOENT;
 
-	ret = 0;
-	i = filp->f_pos;
-	switch (i) {
-	case 0:
-		ino = inode->i_ino;
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out;
-		i++;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		/* fall through */
-	case 1:
-		ino = parent_ino(dentry);
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out;
-		i++;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-		/* fall through */
-	default:
-		i -= 2;
-		if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(ns_entries)) {
-			ret = 1;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		entry = ns_entries + i;
-		last = &ns_entries[ARRAY_SIZE(ns_entries) - 1];
-		while (entry <= last) {
-			if (proc_ns_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir,
-						task, *entry) < 0)
-				goto out;
-			filp->f_pos++;
-			entry++;
-		}
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		goto out;
+	if (ctx->pos >= 2 + ARRAY_SIZE(ns_entries))
+		goto out;
+	entry = ns_entries + (ctx->pos - 2);
+	last = &ns_entries[ARRAY_SIZE(ns_entries) - 1];
+	while (entry <= last) {
+		const struct proc_ns_operations *ops = *entry;
+		if (!proc_fill_cache(file, ctx, ops->name, strlen(ops->name),
+				     proc_ns_instantiate, task, ops))
+			break;
+		ctx->pos++;
+		entry++;
 	}
-
-	ret = 1;
 out:
 	put_task_struct(task);
-out_no_task:
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 const struct file_operations proc_ns_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= proc_ns_dir_readdir,
+	.iterate	= proc_ns_dir_readdir,
 };
 
 static struct dentry *proc_ns_dir_lookup(struct inode *dir,
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_net.c b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
index 986e83220d5..4677bb7dc7c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_net.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
@@ -160,16 +160,15 @@ const struct inode_operations proc_net_inode_operations = {
 	.getattr	= proc_tgid_net_getattr,
 };
 
-static int proc_tgid_net_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
-		filldir_t filldir)
+static int proc_tgid_net_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct net *net;
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-	net = get_proc_task_net(file_inode(filp));
+	net = get_proc_task_net(file_inode(file));
 	if (net != NULL) {
-		ret = proc_readdir_de(net->proc_net, filp, dirent, filldir);
+		ret = proc_readdir_de(net->proc_net, file, ctx);
 		put_net(net);
 	}
 	return ret;
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ static int proc_tgid_net_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 const struct file_operations proc_net_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= proc_tgid_net_readdir,
+	.iterate	= proc_tgid_net_readdir,
 };
 
 static __net_init int proc_net_ns_init(struct net *net)
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index ac05f33a0dd..f3a570e7c25 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -573,12 +573,12 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int proc_sys_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
-				filldir_t filldir,
+static bool proc_sys_fill_cache(struct file *file,
+				struct dir_context *ctx,
 				struct ctl_table_header *head,
 				struct ctl_table *table)
 {
-	struct dentry *child, *dir = filp->f_path.dentry;
+	struct dentry *child, *dir = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct qstr qname;
 	ino_t ino = 0;
@@ -595,38 +595,38 @@ static int proc_sys_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 			inode = proc_sys_make_inode(dir->d_sb, head, table);
 			if (!inode) {
 				dput(child);
-				return -ENOMEM;
+				return false;
 			} else {
 				d_set_d_op(child, &proc_sys_dentry_operations);
 				d_add(child, inode);
 			}
 		} else {
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			return false;
 		}
 	}
 	inode = child->d_inode;
 	ino  = inode->i_ino;
 	type = inode->i_mode >> 12;
 	dput(child);
-	return !!filldir(dirent, qname.name, qname.len, filp->f_pos, ino, type);
+	return dir_emit(ctx, qname.name, qname.len, ino, type);
 }
 
-static int proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
-				    filldir_t filldir,
+static bool proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *file,
+				    struct dir_context *ctx,
 				    struct ctl_table_header *head,
 				    struct ctl_table *table)
 {
-	int err, ret = 0;
+	bool ret = true;
 	head = sysctl_head_grab(head);
 
 	if (S_ISLNK(table->mode)) {
 		/* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
-		err = sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table, current->nsproxy);
+		int err = sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table, current->nsproxy);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = proc_sys_fill_cache(filp, dirent, filldir, head, table);
+	ret = proc_sys_fill_cache(file, ctx, head, table);
 out:
 	sysctl_head_finish(head);
 	return ret;
@@ -634,67 +634,50 @@ out:
 
 static int scan(struct ctl_table_header *head, ctl_table *table,
 		unsigned long *pos, struct file *file,
-		void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+		struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	int res;
+	bool res;
 
-	if ((*pos)++ < file->f_pos)
-		return 0;
+	if ((*pos)++ < ctx->pos)
+		return true;
 
 	if (unlikely(S_ISLNK(table->mode)))
-		res = proc_sys_link_fill_cache(file, dirent, filldir, head, table);
+		res = proc_sys_link_fill_cache(file, ctx, head, table);
 	else
-		res = proc_sys_fill_cache(file, dirent, filldir, head, table);
+		res = proc_sys_fill_cache(file, ctx, head, table);
 
-	if (res == 0)
-		file->f_pos = *pos;
+	if (res)
+		ctx->pos = *pos;
 
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int proc_sys_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int proc_sys_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct ctl_table_header *head = grab_header(inode);
+	struct ctl_table_header *head = grab_header(file_inode(file));
 	struct ctl_table_header *h = NULL;
 	struct ctl_table *entry;
 	struct ctl_dir *ctl_dir;
 	unsigned long pos;
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(head))
 		return PTR_ERR(head);
 
 	ctl_dir = container_of(head, struct ctl_dir, header);
 
-	ret = 0;
-	/* Avoid a switch here: arm builds fail with missing __cmpdi2 */
-	if (filp->f_pos == 0) {
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos,
-				inode->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-	}
-	if (filp->f_pos == 1) {
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, filp->f_pos,
-				parent_ino(dentry), DT_DIR) < 0)
-			goto out;
-		filp->f_pos++;
-	}
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		return 0;
+
 	pos = 2;
 
 	for (first_entry(ctl_dir, &h, &entry); h; next_entry(&h, &entry)) {
-		ret = scan(h, entry, &pos, filp, dirent, filldir);
-		if (ret) {
+		if (!scan(h, entry, &pos, file, ctx)) {
 			sysctl_head_finish(h);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	ret = 1;
-out:
 	sysctl_head_finish(head);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int proc_sys_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
@@ -769,7 +752,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_sys_file_operations = {
 
 static const struct file_operations proc_sys_dir_file_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= proc_sys_readdir,
+	.iterate	= proc_sys_readdir,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 41a6ea93f48..229e366598d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -202,21 +202,14 @@ static struct dentry *proc_root_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentr
 	return proc_pid_lookup(dir, dentry, flags);
 }
 
-static int proc_root_readdir(struct file * filp,
-	void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int proc_root_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	unsigned int nr = filp->f_pos;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (nr < FIRST_PROCESS_ENTRY) {
-		int error = proc_readdir(filp, dirent, filldir);
-		if (error <= 0)
-			return error;
-		filp->f_pos = FIRST_PROCESS_ENTRY;
+	if (ctx->pos < FIRST_PROCESS_ENTRY) {
+		proc_readdir(file, ctx);
+		ctx->pos = FIRST_PROCESS_ENTRY;
 	}
 
-	ret = proc_pid_readdir(filp, dirent, filldir);
-	return ret;
+	return proc_pid_readdir(file, ctx);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -226,7 +219,7 @@ static int proc_root_readdir(struct file * filp,
  */
 static const struct file_operations proc_root_operations = {
 	.read		 = generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	 = proc_root_readdir,
+	.iterate	 = proc_root_readdir,
 	.llseek		= default_llseek,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/dir.c b/fs/qnx4/dir.c
index 28ce014b3ce..b218f965817 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/dir.c
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include "qnx4.h"
 
-static int qnx4_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int qnx4_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	unsigned int offset;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct qnx4_inode_entry *de;
@@ -26,48 +26,44 @@ static int qnx4_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	int size;
 
 	QNX4DEBUG((KERN_INFO "qnx4_readdir:i_size = %ld\n", (long) inode->i_size));
-	QNX4DEBUG((KERN_INFO "filp->f_pos         = %ld\n", (long) filp->f_pos));
+	QNX4DEBUG((KERN_INFO "pos                 = %ld\n", (long) ctx->pos));
 
-	while (filp->f_pos < inode->i_size) {
-		blknum = qnx4_block_map( inode, filp->f_pos >> QNX4_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS );
+	while (ctx->pos < inode->i_size) {
+		blknum = qnx4_block_map(inode, ctx->pos >> QNX4_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS);
 		bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, blknum);
-		if(bh==NULL) {
+		if (bh == NULL) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "qnx4_readdir: bread failed (%ld)\n", blknum);
-			break;
+			return 0;
 		}
-		ix = (int)(filp->f_pos >> QNX4_DIR_ENTRY_SIZE_BITS) % QNX4_INODES_PER_BLOCK;
-		while (ix < QNX4_INODES_PER_BLOCK) {
+		ix = (ctx->pos >> QNX4_DIR_ENTRY_SIZE_BITS) % QNX4_INODES_PER_BLOCK;
+		for (; ix < QNX4_INODES_PER_BLOCK; ix++, ctx->pos += QNX4_DIR_ENTRY_SIZE) {
 			offset = ix * QNX4_DIR_ENTRY_SIZE;
 			de = (struct qnx4_inode_entry *) (bh->b_data + offset);
-			size = strlen(de->di_fname);
-			if (size) {
-				if ( !( de->di_status & QNX4_FILE_LINK ) && size > QNX4_SHORT_NAME_MAX )
-					size = QNX4_SHORT_NAME_MAX;
-				else if ( size > QNX4_NAME_MAX )
-					size = QNX4_NAME_MAX;
-
-				if ( ( de->di_status & (QNX4_FILE_USED|QNX4_FILE_LINK) ) != 0 ) {
-					QNX4DEBUG((KERN_INFO "qnx4_readdir:%.*s\n", size, de->di_fname));
-					if ( ( de->di_status & QNX4_FILE_LINK ) == 0 )
-						ino = blknum * QNX4_INODES_PER_BLOCK + ix - 1;
-					else {
-						le  = (struct qnx4_link_info*)de;
-						ino = ( le32_to_cpu(le->dl_inode_blk) - 1 ) *
-							QNX4_INODES_PER_BLOCK +
-							le->dl_inode_ndx;
-					}
-					if (filldir(dirent, de->di_fname, size, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_UNKNOWN) < 0) {
-						brelse(bh);
-						goto out;
-					}
-				}
+			if (!de->di_fname[0])
+				continue;
+			if (!(de->di_status & (QNX4_FILE_USED|QNX4_FILE_LINK)))
+				continue;
+			if (!(de->di_status & QNX4_FILE_LINK))
+				size = QNX4_SHORT_NAME_MAX;
+			else
+				size = QNX4_NAME_MAX;
+			size = strnlen(de->di_fname, size);
+			QNX4DEBUG((KERN_INFO "qnx4_readdir:%.*s\n", size, de->di_fname));
+			if (!(de->di_status & QNX4_FILE_LINK))
+				ino = blknum * QNX4_INODES_PER_BLOCK + ix - 1;
+			else {
+				le  = (struct qnx4_link_info*)de;
+				ino = ( le32_to_cpu(le->dl_inode_blk) - 1 ) *
+					QNX4_INODES_PER_BLOCK +
+					le->dl_inode_ndx;
+			}
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->di_fname, size, ino, DT_UNKNOWN)) {
+				brelse(bh);
+				return 0;
 			}
-			ix++;
-			filp->f_pos += QNX4_DIR_ENTRY_SIZE;
 		}
 		brelse(bh);
 	}
-out:
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -75,7 +71,7 @@ const struct file_operations qnx4_dir_operations =
 {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= qnx4_readdir,
+	.iterate	= qnx4_readdir,
 	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/qnx6/dir.c b/fs/qnx6/dir.c
index afa6be6fc39..15b7d92ed60 100644
--- a/fs/qnx6/dir.c
+++ b/fs/qnx6/dir.c
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ static struct qnx6_long_filename *qnx6_longname(struct super_block *sb,
 
 static int qnx6_dir_longfilename(struct inode *inode,
 			struct qnx6_long_dir_entry *de,
-			void *dirent, loff_t pos,
-			unsigned de_inode, filldir_t filldir)
+			struct dir_context *ctx,
+			unsigned de_inode)
 {
 	struct qnx6_long_filename *lf;
 	struct super_block *s = inode->i_sb;
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ static int qnx6_dir_longfilename(struct inode *inode,
 
 	QNX6DEBUG((KERN_INFO "qnx6_readdir:%.*s inode:%u\n",
 					lf_size, lf->lf_fname, de_inode));
-	if (filldir(dirent, lf->lf_fname, lf_size, pos, de_inode,
-			DT_UNKNOWN) < 0) {
+	if (!dir_emit(ctx, lf->lf_fname, lf_size, de_inode, DT_UNKNOWN)) {
 		qnx6_put_page(page);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -115,18 +114,19 @@ static int qnx6_dir_longfilename(struct inode *inode,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static int qnx6_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int qnx6_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *s = inode->i_sb;
 	struct qnx6_sb_info *sbi = QNX6_SB(s);
-	loff_t pos = filp->f_pos & ~(QNX6_DIR_ENTRY_SIZE - 1);
+	loff_t pos = ctx->pos & ~(QNX6_DIR_ENTRY_SIZE - 1);
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned start = (pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK) / QNX6_DIR_ENTRY_SIZE;
 	bool done = false;
 
-	if (filp->f_pos >= inode->i_size)
+	ctx->pos = pos;
+	if (ctx->pos >= inode->i_size)
 		return 0;
 
 	for ( ; !done && n < npages; n++, start = 0) {
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ static int qnx6_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 
 		if (IS_ERR(page)) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "qnx6_readdir: read failed\n");
-			filp->f_pos = (n + 1) << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+			ctx->pos = (n + 1) << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 			return PTR_ERR(page);
 		}
 		de = ((struct qnx6_dir_entry *)page_address(page)) + start;
-		for (; i < limit; i++, de++, pos += QNX6_DIR_ENTRY_SIZE) {
+		for (; i < limit; i++, de++, ctx->pos += QNX6_DIR_ENTRY_SIZE) {
 			int size = de->de_size;
 			u32 no_inode = fs32_to_cpu(sbi, de->de_inode);
 
@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ static int qnx6_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				   structure / block */
 				if (!qnx6_dir_longfilename(inode,
 					(struct qnx6_long_dir_entry *)de,
-					dirent, pos, no_inode,
-					filldir)) {
+					ctx, no_inode)) {
 					done = true;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -163,9 +162,8 @@ static int qnx6_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				QNX6DEBUG((KERN_INFO "qnx6_readdir:%.*s"
 				   " inode:%u\n", size, de->de_fname,
 							no_inode));
-				if (filldir(dirent, de->de_fname, size,
-				      pos, no_inode, DT_UNKNOWN)
-					< 0) {
+				if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->de_fname, size,
+				      no_inode, DT_UNKNOWN)) {
 					done = true;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -173,7 +171,6 @@ static int qnx6_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		}
 		qnx6_put_page(page);
 	}
-	filp->f_pos = pos;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -282,7 +279,7 @@ found:
 const struct file_operations qnx6_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= qnx6_readdir,
+	.iterate	= qnx6_readdir,
 	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.c
index fee38e04fae..93d71e57431 100644
--- a/fs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/readdir.c
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-int vfs_readdir(struct file *file, filldir_t filler, void *buf)
+int iterate_dir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int res = -ENOTDIR;
-	if (!file->f_op || !file->f_op->readdir)
+	if (!file->f_op || !file->f_op->iterate)
 		goto out;
 
 	res = security_file_permission(file, MAY_READ);
@@ -37,15 +37,16 @@ int vfs_readdir(struct file *file, filldir_t filler, void *buf)
 
 	res = -ENOENT;
 	if (!IS_DEADDIR(inode)) {
-		res = file->f_op->readdir(file, buf, filler);
+		ctx->pos = file->f_pos;
+		res = file->f_op->iterate(file, ctx);
+		file->f_pos = ctx->pos;
 		file_accessed(file);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 out:
 	return res;
 }
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_readdir);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iterate_dir);
 
 /*
  * Traditional linux readdir() handling..
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ struct old_linux_dirent {
 };
 
 struct readdir_callback {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	struct old_linux_dirent __user * dirent;
 	int result;
 };
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ struct readdir_callback {
 static int fillonedir(void * __buf, const char * name, int namlen, loff_t offset,
 		      u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
 {
-	struct readdir_callback * buf = (struct readdir_callback *) __buf;
+	struct readdir_callback *buf = (struct readdir_callback *) __buf;
 	struct old_linux_dirent __user * dirent;
 	unsigned long d_ino;
 
@@ -107,15 +109,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(old_readdir, unsigned int, fd,
 {
 	int error;
 	struct fd f = fdget(fd);
-	struct readdir_callback buf;
+	struct readdir_callback buf = {
+		.ctx.actor = fillonedir,
+		.dirent = dirent
+	};
 
 	if (!f.file)
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	buf.result = 0;
-	buf.dirent = dirent;
-
-	error = vfs_readdir(f.file, fillonedir, &buf);
+	error = iterate_dir(f.file, &buf.ctx);
 	if (buf.result)
 		error = buf.result;
 
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ struct linux_dirent {
 };
 
 struct getdents_callback {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	struct linux_dirent __user * current_dir;
 	struct linux_dirent __user * previous;
 	int count;
@@ -191,7 +194,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents, unsigned int, fd,
 {
 	struct fd f;
 	struct linux_dirent __user * lastdirent;
-	struct getdents_callback buf;
+	struct getdents_callback buf = {
+		.ctx.actor = filldir,
+		.count = count,
+		.current_dir = dirent
+	};
 	int error;
 
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, dirent, count))
@@ -201,17 +208,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents, unsigned int, fd,
 	if (!f.file)
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	buf.current_dir = dirent;
-	buf.previous = NULL;
-	buf.count = count;
-	buf.error = 0;
-
-	error = vfs_readdir(f.file, filldir, &buf);
+	error = iterate_dir(f.file, &buf.ctx);
 	if (error >= 0)
 		error = buf.error;
 	lastdirent = buf.previous;
 	if (lastdirent) {
-		if (put_user(f.file->f_pos, &lastdirent->d_off))
+		if (put_user(buf.ctx.pos, &lastdirent->d_off))
 			error = -EFAULT;
 		else
 			error = count - buf.count;
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents, unsigned int, fd,
 }
 
 struct getdents_callback64 {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	struct linux_dirent64 __user * current_dir;
 	struct linux_dirent64 __user * previous;
 	int count;
@@ -271,7 +274,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents64, unsigned int, fd,
 {
 	struct fd f;
 	struct linux_dirent64 __user * lastdirent;
-	struct getdents_callback64 buf;
+	struct getdents_callback64 buf = {
+		.ctx.actor = filldir64,
+		.count = count,
+		.current_dir = dirent
+	};
 	int error;
 
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, dirent, count))
@@ -281,17 +288,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents64, unsigned int, fd,
 	if (!f.file)
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	buf.current_dir = dirent;
-	buf.previous = NULL;
-	buf.count = count;
-	buf.error = 0;
-
-	error = vfs_readdir(f.file, filldir64, &buf);
+	error = iterate_dir(f.file, &buf.ctx);
 	if (error >= 0)
 		error = buf.error;
 	lastdirent = buf.previous;
 	if (lastdirent) {
-		typeof(lastdirent->d_off) d_off = f.file->f_pos;
+		typeof(lastdirent->d_off) d_off = buf.ctx.pos;
 		if (__put_user(d_off, &lastdirent->d_off))
 			error = -EFAULT;
 		else
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/dir.c b/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
index 6c2d136561c..03e4ca5624d 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
 
 extern const struct reiserfs_key MIN_KEY;
 
-static int reiserfs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
+static int reiserfs_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 static int reiserfs_dir_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 			      int datasync);
 
 const struct file_operations reiserfs_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
 	.read = generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir = reiserfs_readdir,
+	.iterate = reiserfs_readdir,
 	.fsync = reiserfs_dir_fsync,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = reiserfs_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
@@ -50,18 +50,15 @@ static int reiserfs_dir_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 
 #define store_ih(where,what) copy_item_head (where, what)
 
-static inline bool is_privroot_deh(struct dentry *dir,
-				   struct reiserfs_de_head *deh)
+static inline bool is_privroot_deh(struct inode *dir, struct reiserfs_de_head *deh)
 {
-	struct dentry *privroot = REISERFS_SB(dir->d_sb)->priv_root;
-	return (dir == dir->d_parent && privroot->d_inode &&
+	struct dentry *privroot = REISERFS_SB(dir->i_sb)->priv_root;
+	return (privroot->d_inode &&
 	        deh->deh_objectid == INODE_PKEY(privroot->d_inode)->k_objectid);
 }
 
-int reiserfs_readdir_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, void *dirent,
-			   filldir_t filldir, loff_t *pos)
+int reiserfs_readdir_inode(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct cpu_key pos_key;	/* key of current position in the directory (key of directory entry) */
 	INITIALIZE_PATH(path_to_entry);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
@@ -81,7 +78,7 @@ int reiserfs_readdir_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, void *dirent,
 
 	/* form key for search the next directory entry using f_pos field of
 	   file structure */
-	make_cpu_key(&pos_key, inode, *pos ?: DOT_OFFSET, TYPE_DIRENTRY, 3);
+	make_cpu_key(&pos_key, inode, ctx->pos ?: DOT_OFFSET, TYPE_DIRENTRY, 3);
 	next_pos = cpu_key_k_offset(&pos_key);
 
 	path_to_entry.reada = PATH_READA;
@@ -126,7 +123,6 @@ int reiserfs_readdir_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, void *dirent,
 			     entry_num++, deh++) {
 				int d_reclen;
 				char *d_name;
-				off_t d_off;
 				ino_t d_ino;
 
 				if (!de_visible(deh))
@@ -155,11 +151,10 @@ int reiserfs_readdir_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, void *dirent,
 				}
 
 				/* Ignore the .reiserfs_priv entry */
-				if (is_privroot_deh(dentry, deh))
+				if (is_privroot_deh(inode, deh))
 					continue;
 
-				d_off = deh_offset(deh);
-				*pos = d_off;
+				ctx->pos = deh_offset(deh);
 				d_ino = deh_objectid(deh);
 				if (d_reclen <= 32) {
 					local_buf = small_buf;
@@ -187,9 +182,9 @@ int reiserfs_readdir_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, void *dirent,
 				 * the write lock here for other waiters
 				 */
 				reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
-				if (filldir
-				    (dirent, local_buf, d_reclen, d_off, d_ino,
-				     DT_UNKNOWN) < 0) {
+				if (!dir_emit
+				    (ctx, local_buf, d_reclen, d_ino,
+				     DT_UNKNOWN)) {
 					reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
 					if (local_buf != small_buf) {
 						kfree(local_buf);
@@ -237,7 +232,7 @@ int reiserfs_readdir_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, void *dirent,
 	}			/* while */
 
 end:
-	*pos = next_pos;
+	ctx->pos = next_pos;
 	pathrelse(&path_to_entry);
 	reiserfs_check_path(&path_to_entry);
 out:
@@ -245,10 +240,9 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int reiserfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int reiserfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
-	return reiserfs_readdir_dentry(dentry, dirent, filldir, &file->f_pos);
+	return reiserfs_readdir_inode(file_inode(file), ctx);
 }
 
 /* compose directory item containing "." and ".." entries (entries are
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h b/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h
index 157e474ab30..3df5ce6c724 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h
@@ -2709,7 +2709,7 @@ extern const struct inode_operations reiserfs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations reiserfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations reiserfs_special_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations reiserfs_dir_operations;
-int reiserfs_readdir_dentry(struct dentry *, void *, filldir_t, loff_t *);
+int reiserfs_readdir_inode(struct inode *, struct dir_context *);
 
 /* tail_conversion.c */
 int direct2indirect(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *, struct inode *,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 821bcf70e46..c69cdd749f0 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ static struct dentry *open_xa_dir(const struct inode *inode, int flags)
  * modifying extended attributes. This includes operations such as permissions
  * or ownership changes, object deletions, etc. */
 struct reiserfs_dentry_buf {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	struct dentry *xadir;
 	int count;
 	struct dentry *dentries[8];
@@ -223,9 +224,8 @@ static int reiserfs_for_each_xattr(struct inode *inode,
 {
 	struct dentry *dir;
 	int i, err = 0;
-	loff_t pos = 0;
 	struct reiserfs_dentry_buf buf = {
-		.count = 0,
+		.ctx.actor = fill_with_dentries,
 	};
 
 	/* Skip out, an xattr has no xattrs associated with it */
@@ -249,29 +249,27 @@ static int reiserfs_for_each_xattr(struct inode *inode,
 	reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
 
 	buf.xadir = dir;
-	err = reiserfs_readdir_dentry(dir, &buf, fill_with_dentries, &pos);
-	while ((err == 0 || err == -ENOSPC) && buf.count) {
-		err = 0;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < buf.count && buf.dentries[i]; i++) {
-			int lerr = 0;
+	while (1) {
+		err = reiserfs_readdir_inode(dir->d_inode, &buf.ctx);
+		if (err)
+			break;
+		if (!buf.count)
+			break;
+		for (i = 0; !err && i < buf.count && buf.dentries[i]; i++) {
 			struct dentry *dentry = buf.dentries[i];
 
-			if (err == 0 && !S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-				lerr = action(dentry, data);
+			if (!S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+				err = action(dentry, data);
 
 			dput(dentry);
 			buf.dentries[i] = NULL;
-			err = lerr ?: err;
 		}
+		if (err)
+			break;
 		buf.count = 0;
-		if (!err)
-			err = reiserfs_readdir_dentry(dir, &buf,
-						      fill_with_dentries, &pos);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	/* Clean up after a failed readdir */
 	cleanup_dentry_buf(&buf);
 
 	if (!err) {
@@ -800,6 +798,7 @@ int reiserfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 }
 
 struct listxattr_buf {
+	struct dir_context ctx;
 	size_t size;
 	size_t pos;
 	char *buf;
@@ -845,8 +844,8 @@ ssize_t reiserfs_listxattr(struct dentry * dentry, char *buffer, size_t size)
 {
 	struct dentry *dir;
 	int err = 0;
-	loff_t pos = 0;
 	struct listxattr_buf buf = {
+		.ctx.actor = listxattr_filler,
 		.dentry = dentry,
 		.buf = buffer,
 		.size = buffer ? size : 0,
@@ -868,7 +867,7 @@ ssize_t reiserfs_listxattr(struct dentry * dentry, char *buffer, size_t size)
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock_nested(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);
-	err = reiserfs_readdir_dentry(dir, &buf, listxattr_filler, &pos);
+	err = reiserfs_readdir_inode(dir->d_inode, &buf.ctx);
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	if (!err)
diff --git a/fs/romfs/super.c b/fs/romfs/super.c
index 15cbc41ee36..ff1d3d42e72 100644
--- a/fs/romfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/romfs/super.c
@@ -145,19 +145,18 @@ static const struct address_space_operations romfs_aops = {
 /*
  * read the entries from a directory
  */
-static int romfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int romfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *i = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode *i = file_inode(file);
 	struct romfs_inode ri;
 	unsigned long offset, maxoff;
 	int j, ino, nextfh;
-	int stored = 0;
 	char fsname[ROMFS_MAXFN];	/* XXX dynamic? */
 	int ret;
 
 	maxoff = romfs_maxsize(i->i_sb);
 
-	offset = filp->f_pos;
+	offset = ctx->pos;
 	if (!offset) {
 		offset = i->i_ino & ROMFH_MASK;
 		ret = romfs_dev_read(i->i_sb, offset, &ri, ROMFH_SIZE);
@@ -170,10 +169,10 @@ static int romfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	for (;;) {
 		if (!offset || offset >= maxoff) {
 			offset = maxoff;
-			filp->f_pos = offset;
+			ctx->pos = offset;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		filp->f_pos = offset;
+		ctx->pos = offset;
 
 		/* Fetch inode info */
 		ret = romfs_dev_read(i->i_sb, offset, &ri, ROMFH_SIZE);
@@ -194,16 +193,14 @@ static int romfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		nextfh = be32_to_cpu(ri.next);
 		if ((nextfh & ROMFH_TYPE) == ROMFH_HRD)
 			ino = be32_to_cpu(ri.spec);
-		if (filldir(dirent, fsname, j, offset, ino,
-			    romfs_dtype_table[nextfh & ROMFH_TYPE]) < 0)
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, fsname, j, ino,
+			    romfs_dtype_table[nextfh & ROMFH_TYPE]))
 			goto out;
 
-		stored++;
 		offset = nextfh & ROMFH_MASK;
 	}
-
 out:
-	return stored;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -281,7 +278,7 @@ error:
 
 static const struct file_operations romfs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= romfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= romfs_readdir,
 	.llseek		= default_llseek,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/dir.c b/fs/squashfs/dir.c
index 57dc70ebbb1..f7f527bf8c1 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/dir.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int get_dir_index_using_offset(struct super_block *sb,
 }
 
 
-static int squashfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int squashfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ static int squashfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	 * It also means that the external f_pos is offset by 3 from the
 	 * on-disk directory f_pos.
 	 */
-	while (file->f_pos < 3) {
+	while (ctx->pos < 3) {
 		char *name;
 		int i_ino;
 
-		if (file->f_pos == 0) {
+		if (ctx->pos == 0) {
 			name = ".";
 			size = 1;
 			i_ino = inode->i_ino;
@@ -141,24 +141,18 @@ static int squashfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			i_ino = squashfs_i(inode)->parent;
 		}
 
-		TRACE("Calling filldir(%p, %s, %d, %lld, %d, %d)\n",
-				dirent, name, size, file->f_pos, i_ino,
-				squashfs_filetype_table[1]);
-
-		if (filldir(dirent, name, size, file->f_pos, i_ino,
-				squashfs_filetype_table[1]) < 0) {
-				TRACE("Filldir returned less than 0\n");
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, name, size, i_ino,
+				squashfs_filetype_table[1]))
 			goto finish;
-		}
 
-		file->f_pos += size;
+		ctx->pos += size;
 	}
 
 	length = get_dir_index_using_offset(inode->i_sb, &block, &offset,
 				squashfs_i(inode)->dir_idx_start,
 				squashfs_i(inode)->dir_idx_offset,
 				squashfs_i(inode)->dir_idx_cnt,
-				file->f_pos);
+				ctx->pos);
 
 	while (length < i_size_read(inode)) {
 		/*
@@ -198,7 +192,7 @@ static int squashfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 
 			length += sizeof(*dire) + size;
 
-			if (file->f_pos >= length)
+			if (ctx->pos >= length)
 				continue;
 
 			dire->name[size] = '\0';
@@ -206,22 +200,12 @@ static int squashfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				((short) le16_to_cpu(dire->inode_number));
 			type = le16_to_cpu(dire->type);
 
-			TRACE("Calling filldir(%p, %s, %d, %lld, %x:%x, %d, %d)"
-					"\n", dirent, dire->name, size,
-					file->f_pos,
-					le32_to_cpu(dirh.start_block),
-					le16_to_cpu(dire->offset),
-					inode_number,
-					squashfs_filetype_table[type]);
-
-			if (filldir(dirent, dire->name, size, file->f_pos,
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, dire->name, size,
 					inode_number,
-					squashfs_filetype_table[type]) < 0) {
-				TRACE("Filldir returned less than 0\n");
+					squashfs_filetype_table[type]))
 				goto finish;
-			}
 
-			file->f_pos = length;
+			ctx->pos = length;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -238,6 +222,6 @@ failed_read:
 
 const struct file_operations squashfs_dir_ops = {
 	.read = generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir = squashfs_readdir,
+	.iterate = squashfs_readdir,
 	.llseek = default_llseek,
 };
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index e8e0e71b29d..4cfd742d260 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -998,68 +998,38 @@ static struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_dir_next_pos(const void *ns,
 	return pos;
 }
 
-static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int sysfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct sysfs_dirent *pos = filp->private_data;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *pos = file->private_data;
 	enum kobj_ns_type type;
 	const void *ns;
-	ino_t ino;
-	loff_t off;
 
 	type = sysfs_ns_type(parent_sd);
 	ns = sysfs_info(dentry->d_sb)->ns[type];
 
-	if (filp->f_pos == 0) {
-		ino = parent_sd->s_ino;
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) == 0)
-			filp->f_pos++;
-		else
-			return 0;
-	}
-	if (filp->f_pos == 1) {
-		if (parent_sd->s_parent)
-			ino = parent_sd->s_parent->s_ino;
-		else
-			ino = parent_sd->s_ino;
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) == 0)
-			filp->f_pos++;
-		else
-			return 0;
-	}
+	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
+		return 0;
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
-	off = filp->f_pos;
-	for (pos = sysfs_dir_pos(ns, parent_sd, filp->f_pos, pos);
+	for (pos = sysfs_dir_pos(ns, parent_sd, ctx->pos, pos);
 	     pos;
-	     pos = sysfs_dir_next_pos(ns, parent_sd, filp->f_pos, pos)) {
-		const char * name;
-		unsigned int type;
-		int len, ret;
-
-		name = pos->s_name;
-		len = strlen(name);
-		ino = pos->s_ino;
-		type = dt_type(pos);
-		off = filp->f_pos = pos->s_hash;
-		filp->private_data = sysfs_get(pos);
+	     pos = sysfs_dir_next_pos(ns, parent_sd, ctx->pos, pos)) {
+		const char *name = pos->s_name;
+		unsigned int type = dt_type(pos);
+		int len = strlen(name);
+		ino_t ino = pos->s_ino;
+		ctx->pos = pos->s_hash;
+		file->private_data = sysfs_get(pos);
 
 		mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
-		ret = filldir(dirent, name, len, off, ino, type);
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, name, len, ino, type))
+			return 0;
 		mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			break;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
-
-	/* don't reference last entry if its refcount is dropped */
-	if (!pos) {
-		filp->private_data = NULL;
-
-		/* EOF and not changed as 0 or 1 in read/write path */
-		if (off == filp->f_pos && off > 1)
-			filp->f_pos = INT_MAX;
-	}
+	file->private_data = NULL;
+	ctx->pos = INT_MAX;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1077,7 +1047,7 @@ static loff_t sysfs_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 
 const struct file_operations sysfs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= sysfs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= sysfs_readdir,
 	.release	= sysfs_dir_release,
 	.llseek		= sysfs_dir_llseek,
 };
diff --git a/fs/sysv/dir.c b/fs/sysv/dir.c
index 3799e8dac3e..d42291d0821 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/dir.c
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include "sysv.h"
 
-static int sysv_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
+static int sysv_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
 const struct file_operations sysv_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= sysv_readdir,
+	.iterate	= sysv_readdir,
 	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
 };
 
@@ -65,18 +65,21 @@ static struct page * dir_get_page(struct inode *dir, unsigned long n)
 	return page;
 }
 
-static int sysv_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int sysv_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	unsigned long pos = filp->f_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	unsigned long pos = ctx->pos;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	unsigned offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
-	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
+	unsigned offset;
+	unsigned long n;
 
-	pos = (pos + SYSV_DIRSIZE-1) & ~(SYSV_DIRSIZE-1);
+	ctx->pos = pos = (pos + SYSV_DIRSIZE-1) & ~(SYSV_DIRSIZE-1);
 	if (pos >= inode->i_size)
-		goto done;
+		return 0;
+
+	offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+	n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
 	for ( ; n < npages; n++, offset = 0) {
 		char *kaddr, *limit;
@@ -88,29 +91,21 @@ static int sysv_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		kaddr = (char *)page_address(page);
 		de = (struct sysv_dir_entry *)(kaddr+offset);
 		limit = kaddr + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - SYSV_DIRSIZE;
-		for ( ;(char*)de <= limit; de++) {
+		for ( ;(char*)de <= limit; de++, ctx->pos += sizeof(*de)) {
 			char *name = de->name;
-			int over;
 
 			if (!de->inode)
 				continue;
 
-			offset = (char *)de - kaddr;
-
-			over = filldir(dirent, name, strnlen(name,SYSV_NAMELEN),
-					((loff_t)n<<PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) | offset,
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, name, strnlen(name,SYSV_NAMELEN),
 					fs16_to_cpu(SYSV_SB(sb), de->inode),
-					DT_UNKNOWN);
-			if (over) {
+					DT_UNKNOWN)) {
 				dir_put_page(page);
-				goto done;
+				return 0;
 			}
 		}
 		dir_put_page(page);
 	}
-
-done:
-	filp->f_pos = ((loff_t)n << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) | offset;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 605af512aec..6b4947f75af 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -346,19 +346,18 @@ static unsigned int vfs_dent_type(uint8_t type)
  * This means that UBIFS cannot support NFS which requires full
  * 'seekdir()'/'telldir()' support.
  */
-static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	int err, over = 0;
-	loff_t pos = file->f_pos;
+	int err;
 	struct qstr nm;
 	union ubifs_key key;
 	struct ubifs_dent_node *dent;
 	struct inode *dir = file_inode(file);
 	struct ubifs_info *c = dir->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 
-	dbg_gen("dir ino %lu, f_pos %#llx", dir->i_ino, pos);
+	dbg_gen("dir ino %lu, f_pos %#llx", dir->i_ino, ctx->pos);
 
-	if (pos > UBIFS_S_KEY_HASH_MASK || pos == 2)
+	if (ctx->pos > UBIFS_S_KEY_HASH_MASK || ctx->pos == 2)
 		/*
 		 * The directory was seek'ed to a senseless position or there
 		 * are no more entries.
@@ -384,19 +383,9 @@ static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	file->f_version = 1;
 
 	/* File positions 0 and 1 correspond to "." and ".." */
-	if (pos == 0) {
-		ubifs_assert(!file->private_data);
-		over = filldir(dirent, ".", 1, 0, dir->i_ino, DT_DIR);
-		if (over)
-			return 0;
-		file->f_pos = pos = 1;
-	}
-
-	if (pos == 1) {
+	if (ctx->pos < 2) {
 		ubifs_assert(!file->private_data);
-		over = filldir(dirent, "..", 2, 1,
-			       parent_ino(file->f_path.dentry), DT_DIR);
-		if (over)
+		if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
 			return 0;
 
 		/* Find the first entry in TNC and save it */
@@ -408,7 +397,7 @@ static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		file->f_pos = pos = key_hash_flash(c, &dent->key);
+		ctx->pos = key_hash_flash(c, &dent->key);
 		file->private_data = dent;
 	}
 
@@ -416,16 +405,16 @@ static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	if (!dent) {
 		/*
 		 * The directory was seek'ed to and is now readdir'ed.
-		 * Find the entry corresponding to @pos or the closest one.
+		 * Find the entry corresponding to @ctx->pos or the closest one.
 		 */
-		dent_key_init_hash(c, &key, dir->i_ino, pos);
+		dent_key_init_hash(c, &key, dir->i_ino, ctx->pos);
 		nm.name = NULL;
 		dent = ubifs_tnc_next_ent(c, &key, &nm);
 		if (IS_ERR(dent)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(dent);
 			goto out;
 		}
-		file->f_pos = pos = key_hash_flash(c, &dent->key);
+		ctx->pos = key_hash_flash(c, &dent->key);
 		file->private_data = dent;
 	}
 
@@ -437,10 +426,9 @@ static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			     ubifs_inode(dir)->creat_sqnum);
 
 		nm.len = le16_to_cpu(dent->nlen);
-		over = filldir(dirent, dent->name, nm.len, pos,
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, dent->name, nm.len,
 			       le64_to_cpu(dent->inum),
-			       vfs_dent_type(dent->type));
-		if (over)
+			       vfs_dent_type(dent->type)))
 			return 0;
 
 		/* Switch to the next entry */
@@ -453,17 +441,9 @@ static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		}
 
 		kfree(file->private_data);
-		file->f_pos = pos = key_hash_flash(c, &dent->key);
+		ctx->pos = key_hash_flash(c, &dent->key);
 		file->private_data = dent;
 		cond_resched();
-
-		if (file->f_version == 0)
-			/*
-			 * The file was seek'ed meanwhile, lets return and start
-			 * reading direntries from the new position on the next
-			 * invocation.
-			 */
-			return 0;
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -475,15 +455,10 @@ out:
 	kfree(file->private_data);
 	file->private_data = NULL;
 	/* 2 is a special value indicating that there are no more direntries */
-	file->f_pos = 2;
+	ctx->pos = 2;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static loff_t ubifs_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
-{
-	return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, whence);
-}
-
 /* Free saved readdir() state when the directory is closed */
 static int ubifs_dir_release(struct inode *dir, struct file *file)
 {
@@ -1201,10 +1176,10 @@ const struct inode_operations ubifs_dir_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 const struct file_operations ubifs_dir_operations = {
-	.llseek         = ubifs_dir_llseek,
+	.llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
 	.release        = ubifs_dir_release,
 	.read           = generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir        = ubifs_readdir,
+	.iterate        = ubifs_readdir,
 	.fsync          = ubifs_fsync,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ubifs_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
diff --git a/fs/udf/dir.c b/fs/udf/dir.c
index b3e93f5e17c..a012c51caff 100644
--- a/fs/udf/dir.c
+++ b/fs/udf/dir.c
@@ -35,14 +35,16 @@
 #include "udf_i.h"
 #include "udf_sb.h"
 
-static int do_udf_readdir(struct inode *dir, struct file *filp,
-			  filldir_t filldir, void *dirent)
+
+static int udf_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
+	struct inode *dir = file_inode(file);
+	struct udf_inode_info *iinfo = UDF_I(dir);
 	struct udf_fileident_bh fibh = { .sbh = NULL, .ebh = NULL};
 	struct fileIdentDesc *fi = NULL;
 	struct fileIdentDesc cfi;
 	int block, iblock;
-	loff_t nf_pos = (filp->f_pos - 1) << 2;
+	loff_t nf_pos;
 	int flen;
 	unsigned char *fname = NULL;
 	unsigned char *nameptr;
@@ -54,10 +56,14 @@ static int do_udf_readdir(struct inode *dir, struct file *filp,
 	uint32_t elen;
 	sector_t offset;
 	int i, num, ret = 0;
-	unsigned int dt_type;
 	struct extent_position epos = { NULL, 0, {0, 0} };
-	struct udf_inode_info *iinfo;
 
+	if (ctx->pos == 0) {
+		if (!dir_emit_dot(file, ctx))
+			return 0;
+		ctx->pos = 1;
+	}
+	nf_pos = (ctx->pos - 1) << 2;
 	if (nf_pos >= size)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -71,7 +77,6 @@ static int do_udf_readdir(struct inode *dir, struct file *filp,
 		nf_pos = udf_ext0_offset(dir);
 
 	fibh.soffset = fibh.eoffset = nf_pos & (dir->i_sb->s_blocksize - 1);
-	iinfo = UDF_I(dir);
 	if (iinfo->i_alloc_type != ICBTAG_FLAG_AD_IN_ICB) {
 		if (inode_bmap(dir, nf_pos >> dir->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits,
 		    &epos, &eloc, &elen, &offset)
@@ -116,7 +121,9 @@ static int do_udf_readdir(struct inode *dir, struct file *filp,
 	}
 
 	while (nf_pos < size) {
-		filp->f_pos = (nf_pos >> 2) + 1;
+		struct kernel_lb_addr tloc;
+
+		ctx->pos = (nf_pos >> 2) + 1;
 
 		fi = udf_fileident_read(dir, &nf_pos, &fibh, &cfi, &epos, &eloc,
 					&elen, &offset);
@@ -155,24 +162,22 @@ static int do_udf_readdir(struct inode *dir, struct file *filp,
 		}
 
 		if (cfi.fileCharacteristics & FID_FILE_CHAR_PARENT) {
-			iblock = parent_ino(filp->f_path.dentry);
-			flen = 2;
-			memcpy(fname, "..", flen);
-			dt_type = DT_DIR;
-		} else {
-			struct kernel_lb_addr tloc = lelb_to_cpu(cfi.icb.extLocation);
-
-			iblock = udf_get_lb_pblock(dir->i_sb, &tloc, 0);
-			flen = udf_get_filename(dir->i_sb, nameptr, fname, lfi);
-			dt_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
+			if (!dir_emit_dotdot(file, ctx))
+				goto out;
+			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (flen && filldir(dirent, fname, flen, filp->f_pos,
-				    iblock, dt_type) < 0)
+		flen = udf_get_filename(dir->i_sb, nameptr, fname, lfi);
+		if (!flen)
+			continue;
+
+		tloc = lelb_to_cpu(cfi.icb.extLocation);
+		iblock = udf_get_lb_pblock(dir->i_sb, &tloc, 0);
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, fname, flen, iblock, DT_UNKNOWN))
 			goto out;
 	} /* end while */
 
-	filp->f_pos = (nf_pos >> 2) + 1;
+	ctx->pos = (nf_pos >> 2) + 1;
 
 out:
 	if (fibh.sbh != fibh.ebh)
@@ -184,27 +189,11 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int udf_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
-{
-	struct inode *dir = file_inode(filp);
-	int result;
-
-	if (filp->f_pos == 0) {
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos, dir->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0) {
-			return 0;
-		}
-		filp->f_pos++;
-	}
-
-	result = do_udf_readdir(dir, filp, filldir, dirent);
- 	return result;
-}
-
 /* readdir and lookup functions */
 const struct file_operations udf_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek			= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read			= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir		= udf_readdir,
+	.iterate		= udf_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl		= udf_ioctl,
 	.fsync			= generic_file_fsync,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ufs/dir.c b/fs/ufs/dir.c
index 3a75ca09c50..0ecc2cebed8 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/dir.c
@@ -430,16 +430,16 @@ ufs_validate_entry(struct super_block *sb, char *base,
  * This is blatantly stolen from ext2fs
  */
 static int
-ufs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+ufs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	loff_t pos = filp->f_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	loff_t pos = ctx->pos;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	unsigned int offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long npages = ufs_dir_pages(inode);
 	unsigned chunk_mask = ~(UFS_SB(sb)->s_uspi->s_dirblksize - 1);
-	int need_revalidate = filp->f_version != inode->i_version;
+	int need_revalidate = file->f_version != inode->i_version;
 	unsigned flags = UFS_SB(sb)->s_flags;
 
 	UFSD("BEGIN\n");
@@ -457,16 +457,16 @@ ufs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			ufs_error(sb, __func__,
 				  "bad page in #%lu",
 				  inode->i_ino);
-			filp->f_pos += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
+			ctx->pos += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
 			return -EIO;
 		}
 		kaddr = page_address(page);
 		if (unlikely(need_revalidate)) {
 			if (offset) {
 				offset = ufs_validate_entry(sb, kaddr, offset, chunk_mask);
-				filp->f_pos = (n<<PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + offset;
+				ctx->pos = (n<<PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + offset;
 			}
-			filp->f_version = inode->i_version;
+			file->f_version = inode->i_version;
 			need_revalidate = 0;
 		}
 		de = (struct ufs_dir_entry *)(kaddr+offset);
@@ -479,11 +479,8 @@ ufs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				return -EIO;
 			}
 			if (de->d_ino) {
-				int over;
 				unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
 
-				offset = (char *)de - kaddr;
-
 				UFSD("filldir(%s,%u)\n", de->d_name,
 				      fs32_to_cpu(sb, de->d_ino));
 				UFSD("namlen %u\n", ufs_get_de_namlen(sb, de));
@@ -491,16 +488,15 @@ ufs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				if ((flags & UFS_DE_MASK) == UFS_DE_44BSD)
 					d_type = de->d_u.d_44.d_type;
 
-				over = filldir(dirent, de->d_name,
+				if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->d_name,
 					       ufs_get_de_namlen(sb, de),
-						(n<<PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) | offset,
-					       fs32_to_cpu(sb, de->d_ino), d_type);
-				if (over) {
+					       fs32_to_cpu(sb, de->d_ino),
+					       d_type)) {
 					ufs_put_page(page);
 					return 0;
 				}
 			}
-			filp->f_pos += fs16_to_cpu(sb, de->d_reclen);
+			ctx->pos += fs16_to_cpu(sb, de->d_reclen);
 		}
 		ufs_put_page(page);
 	}
@@ -660,7 +656,7 @@ not_empty:
 
 const struct file_operations ufs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= ufs_readdir,
+	.iterate	= ufs_readdir,
 	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2.c
index b26a50f9921..8f023dee404 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2.c
@@ -368,10 +368,8 @@ xfs_dir_removename(
 int
 xfs_readdir(
 	xfs_inode_t	*dp,
-	void		*dirent,
-	size_t		bufsize,
-	xfs_off_t	*offset,
-	filldir_t	filldir)
+	struct dir_context *ctx,
+	size_t		bufsize)
 {
 	int		rval;		/* return value */
 	int		v;		/* type-checking value */
@@ -385,14 +383,13 @@ xfs_readdir(
 	XFS_STATS_INC(xs_dir_getdents);
 
 	if (dp->i_d.di_format == XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL)
-		rval = xfs_dir2_sf_getdents(dp, dirent, offset, filldir);
+		rval = xfs_dir2_sf_getdents(dp, ctx);
 	else if ((rval = xfs_dir2_isblock(NULL, dp, &v)))
 		;
 	else if (v)
-		rval = xfs_dir2_block_getdents(dp, dirent, offset, filldir);
+		rval = xfs_dir2_block_getdents(dp, ctx);
 	else
-		rval = xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(dp, dirent, bufsize, offset,
-					      filldir);
+		rval = xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(dp, ctx, bufsize);
 	return rval;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_block.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_block.c
index e59f5fc816f..09aea0247d9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_block.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_block.c
@@ -569,9 +569,7 @@ xfs_dir2_block_addname(
 int						/* error */
 xfs_dir2_block_getdents(
 	xfs_inode_t		*dp,		/* incore inode */
-	void			*dirent,
-	xfs_off_t		*offset,
-	filldir_t		filldir)
+	struct dir_context	*ctx)
 {
 	xfs_dir2_data_hdr_t	*hdr;		/* block header */
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp;		/* buffer for block */
@@ -589,7 +587,7 @@ xfs_dir2_block_getdents(
 	/*
 	 * If the block number in the offset is out of range, we're done.
 	 */
-	if (xfs_dir2_dataptr_to_db(mp, *offset) > mp->m_dirdatablk)
+	if (xfs_dir2_dataptr_to_db(mp, ctx->pos) > mp->m_dirdatablk)
 		return 0;
 
 	error = xfs_dir3_block_read(NULL, dp, &bp);
@@ -600,7 +598,7 @@ xfs_dir2_block_getdents(
 	 * Extract the byte offset we start at from the seek pointer.
 	 * We'll skip entries before this.
 	 */
-	wantoff = xfs_dir2_dataptr_to_off(mp, *offset);
+	wantoff = xfs_dir2_dataptr_to_off(mp, ctx->pos);
 	hdr = bp->b_addr;
 	xfs_dir3_data_check(dp, bp);
 	/*
@@ -639,13 +637,12 @@ xfs_dir2_block_getdents(
 		cook = xfs_dir2_db_off_to_dataptr(mp, mp->m_dirdatablk,
 					    (char *)dep - (char *)hdr);
 
+		ctx->pos = cook & 0x7fffffff;
 		/*
 		 * If it didn't fit, set the final offset to here & return.
 		 */
-		if (filldir(dirent, (char *)dep->name, dep->namelen,
-			    cook & 0x7fffffff, be64_to_cpu(dep->inumber),
-			    DT_UNKNOWN)) {
-			*offset = cook & 0x7fffffff;
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, (char *)dep->name, dep->namelen,
+			    be64_to_cpu(dep->inumber), DT_UNKNOWN)) {
 			xfs_trans_brelse(NULL, bp);
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -655,7 +652,7 @@ xfs_dir2_block_getdents(
 	 * Reached the end of the block.
 	 * Set the offset to a non-existent block 1 and return.
 	 */
-	*offset = xfs_dir2_db_off_to_dataptr(mp, mp->m_dirdatablk + 1, 0) &
+	ctx->pos = xfs_dir2_db_off_to_dataptr(mp, mp->m_dirdatablk + 1, 0) &
 			0x7fffffff;
 	xfs_trans_brelse(NULL, bp);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c
index da71a1819d7..e0cc1243a8a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c
@@ -1300,10 +1300,8 @@ out:
 int						/* error */
 xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(
 	xfs_inode_t		*dp,		/* incore directory inode */
-	void			*dirent,
-	size_t			bufsize,
-	xfs_off_t		*offset,
-	filldir_t		filldir)
+	struct dir_context	*ctx,
+	size_t			bufsize)
 {
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp = NULL;	/* data block buffer */
 	xfs_dir2_data_hdr_t	*hdr;		/* data block header */
@@ -1322,7 +1320,7 @@ xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(
 	 * If the offset is at or past the largest allowed value,
 	 * give up right away.
 	 */
-	if (*offset >= XFS_DIR2_MAX_DATAPTR)
+	if (ctx->pos >= XFS_DIR2_MAX_DATAPTR)
 		return 0;
 
 	mp = dp->i_mount;
@@ -1343,7 +1341,7 @@ xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(
 	 * Inside the loop we keep the main offset value as a byte offset
 	 * in the directory file.
 	 */
-	curoff = xfs_dir2_dataptr_to_byte(mp, *offset);
+	curoff = xfs_dir2_dataptr_to_byte(mp, ctx->pos);
 
 	/*
 	 * Force this conversion through db so we truncate the offset
@@ -1444,8 +1442,8 @@ xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(
 		dep = (xfs_dir2_data_entry_t *)ptr;
 		length = xfs_dir2_data_entsize(dep->namelen);
 
-		if (filldir(dirent, (char *)dep->name, dep->namelen,
-			    xfs_dir2_byte_to_dataptr(mp, curoff) & 0x7fffffff,
+		ctx->pos = xfs_dir2_byte_to_dataptr(mp, curoff) & 0x7fffffff;
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, (char *)dep->name, dep->namelen,
 			    be64_to_cpu(dep->inumber), DT_UNKNOWN))
 			break;
 
@@ -1462,9 +1460,9 @@ xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(
 	 * All done.  Set output offset value to current offset.
 	 */
 	if (curoff > xfs_dir2_dataptr_to_byte(mp, XFS_DIR2_MAX_DATAPTR))
-		*offset = XFS_DIR2_MAX_DATAPTR & 0x7fffffff;
+		ctx->pos = XFS_DIR2_MAX_DATAPTR & 0x7fffffff;
 	else
-		*offset = xfs_dir2_byte_to_dataptr(mp, curoff) & 0x7fffffff;
+		ctx->pos = xfs_dir2_byte_to_dataptr(mp, curoff) & 0x7fffffff;
 	kmem_free(map_info);
 	if (bp)
 		xfs_trans_brelse(NULL, bp);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_priv.h
index 7cf573c88aa..0511cda4a71 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_priv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_priv.h
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ extern int xfs_dir_cilookup_result(struct xfs_da_args *args,
 extern const struct xfs_buf_ops xfs_dir3_block_buf_ops;
 
 extern int xfs_dir2_block_addname(struct xfs_da_args *args);
-extern int xfs_dir2_block_getdents(struct xfs_inode *dp, void *dirent,
-		xfs_off_t *offset, filldir_t filldir);
+extern int xfs_dir2_block_getdents(struct xfs_inode *dp,
+		struct dir_context *ctx);
 extern int xfs_dir2_block_lookup(struct xfs_da_args *args);
 extern int xfs_dir2_block_removename(struct xfs_da_args *args);
 extern int xfs_dir2_block_replace(struct xfs_da_args *args);
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ extern void xfs_dir3_leaf_compact(struct xfs_da_args *args,
 extern void xfs_dir3_leaf_compact_x1(struct xfs_dir3_icleaf_hdr *leafhdr,
 		struct xfs_dir2_leaf_entry *ents, int *indexp,
 		int *lowstalep, int *highstalep, int *lowlogp, int *highlogp);
-extern int xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(struct xfs_inode *dp, void *dirent,
-		size_t bufsize, xfs_off_t *offset, filldir_t filldir);
+extern int xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct dir_context *ctx,
+		size_t bufsize);
 extern int xfs_dir3_leaf_get_buf(struct xfs_da_args *args, xfs_dir2_db_t bno,
 		struct xfs_buf **bpp, __uint16_t magic);
 extern void xfs_dir3_leaf_log_ents(struct xfs_trans *tp, struct xfs_buf *bp,
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ extern int xfs_dir2_block_to_sf(struct xfs_da_args *args, struct xfs_buf *bp,
 		int size, xfs_dir2_sf_hdr_t *sfhp);
 extern int xfs_dir2_sf_addname(struct xfs_da_args *args);
 extern int xfs_dir2_sf_create(struct xfs_da_args *args, xfs_ino_t pino);
-extern int xfs_dir2_sf_getdents(struct xfs_inode *dp, void *dirent,
-		xfs_off_t *offset, filldir_t filldir);
+extern int xfs_dir2_sf_getdents(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct dir_context *ctx);
 extern int xfs_dir2_sf_lookup(struct xfs_da_args *args);
 extern int xfs_dir2_sf_removename(struct xfs_da_args *args);
 extern int xfs_dir2_sf_replace(struct xfs_da_args *args);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_sf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_sf.c
index 6157424dbf8..97676a347da 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_sf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_sf.c
@@ -768,9 +768,7 @@ xfs_dir2_sf_create(
 int						/* error */
 xfs_dir2_sf_getdents(
 	xfs_inode_t		*dp,		/* incore directory inode */
-	void			*dirent,
-	xfs_off_t		*offset,
-	filldir_t		filldir)
+	struct dir_context	*ctx)
 {
 	int			i;		/* shortform entry number */
 	xfs_mount_t		*mp;		/* filesystem mount point */
@@ -802,7 +800,7 @@ xfs_dir2_sf_getdents(
 	/*
 	 * If the block number in the offset is out of range, we're done.
 	 */
-	if (xfs_dir2_dataptr_to_db(mp, *offset) > mp->m_dirdatablk)
+	if (xfs_dir2_dataptr_to_db(mp, ctx->pos) > mp->m_dirdatablk)
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -819,22 +817,20 @@ xfs_dir2_sf_getdents(
 	/*
 	 * Put . entry unless we're starting past it.
 	 */
-	if (*offset <= dot_offset) {
-		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, dot_offset & 0x7fffffff, dp->i_ino, DT_DIR)) {
-			*offset = dot_offset & 0x7fffffff;
+	if (ctx->pos <= dot_offset) {
+		ctx->pos = dot_offset & 0x7fffffff;
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, ".", 1, dp->i_ino, DT_DIR))
 			return 0;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Put .. entry unless we're starting past it.
 	 */
-	if (*offset <= dotdot_offset) {
+	if (ctx->pos <= dotdot_offset) {
 		ino = xfs_dir2_sf_get_parent_ino(sfp);
-		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, dotdot_offset & 0x7fffffff, ino, DT_DIR)) {
-			*offset = dotdot_offset & 0x7fffffff;
+		ctx->pos = dotdot_offset & 0x7fffffff;
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, "..", 2, ino, DT_DIR))
 			return 0;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -845,21 +841,20 @@ xfs_dir2_sf_getdents(
 		off = xfs_dir2_db_off_to_dataptr(mp, mp->m_dirdatablk,
 				xfs_dir2_sf_get_offset(sfep));
 
-		if (*offset > off) {
+		if (ctx->pos > off) {
 			sfep = xfs_dir2_sf_nextentry(sfp, sfep);
 			continue;
 		}
 
 		ino = xfs_dir2_sfe_get_ino(sfp, sfep);
-		if (filldir(dirent, (char *)sfep->name, sfep->namelen,
-			    off & 0x7fffffff, ino, DT_UNKNOWN)) {
-			*offset = off & 0x7fffffff;
+		ctx->pos = off & 0x7fffffff;
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, (char *)sfep->name, sfep->namelen,
+			    ino, DT_UNKNOWN))
 			return 0;
-		}
 		sfep = xfs_dir2_sf_nextentry(sfp, sfep);
 	}
 
-	*offset = xfs_dir2_db_off_to_dataptr(mp, mp->m_dirdatablk + 1, 0) &
+	ctx->pos = xfs_dir2_db_off_to_dataptr(mp, mp->m_dirdatablk + 1, 0) &
 			0x7fffffff;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index a5f2042aec8..0ad2b95fca1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -906,11 +906,10 @@ xfs_file_release(
 
 STATIC int
 xfs_file_readdir(
-	struct file	*filp,
-	void		*dirent,
-	filldir_t	filldir)
+	struct file	*file,
+	struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode	*inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct inode	*inode = file_inode(file);
 	xfs_inode_t	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
 	int		error;
 	size_t		bufsize;
@@ -929,8 +928,7 @@ xfs_file_readdir(
 	 */
 	bufsize = (size_t)min_t(loff_t, 32768, ip->i_d.di_size);
 
-	error = xfs_readdir(ip, dirent, bufsize,
-				(xfs_off_t *)&filp->f_pos, filldir);
+	error = xfs_readdir(ip, ctx, bufsize);
 	if (error)
 		return -error;
 	return 0;
@@ -1432,7 +1430,7 @@ const struct file_operations xfs_file_operations = {
 const struct file_operations xfs_dir_file_operations = {
 	.open		= xfs_dir_open,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir	= xfs_file_readdir,
+	.iterate	= xfs_file_readdir,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= xfs_file_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.h
index 5163022d980..38c67c34d73 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.h
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ int xfs_remove(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct xfs_name *name,
 		struct xfs_inode *ip);
 int xfs_link(struct xfs_inode *tdp, struct xfs_inode *sip,
 		struct xfs_name *target_name);
-int xfs_readdir(struct xfs_inode	*dp, void *dirent, size_t bufsize,
-		       xfs_off_t *offset, filldir_t filldir);
+int xfs_readdir(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct dir_context *ctx, size_t bufsize);
 int xfs_symlink(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct xfs_name *link_name,
 		const char *target_path, umode_t mode, struct xfs_inode **ipp);
 int xfs_set_dmattrs(struct xfs_inode *ip, u_int evmask, u_int16_t state);