--- fs/namei.c.ori	2004-04-14 21:06:01.000000000 +0200
+++ fs/namei.c	2004-04-14 21:09:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
 	while (*name=='/')
 		name++;
 	if (!*name)
-		goto return_reval;
+		goto return_base;
 
 	inode = nd->dentry->d_inode;
 	if (current->link_count)
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@
 				inode = nd->dentry->d_inode;
 				/* fallthrough */
 			case 1:
-				goto return_reval;
+				goto return_base;
 		}
 		if (nd->dentry->d_op && nd->dentry->d_op->d_hash) {
 			err = nd->dentry->d_op->d_hash(nd->dentry, &this);
@@ -746,20 +746,6 @@
 			nd->last_type = LAST_DOT;
 		else if (this.len == 2 && this.name[1] == '.')
 			nd->last_type = LAST_DOTDOT;
-		else
-			goto return_base;
-return_reval:
-		/*
-		 * We bypassed the ordinary revalidation routines.
-		 * We may need to check the cached dentry for staleness.
-		 */
-		if (nd->dentry && nd->dentry->d_sb &&
-		    (nd->dentry->d_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_REVAL_DOT)) {
-			err = -ESTALE;
-			/* Note: we do not d_invalidate() */
-			if (!nd->dentry->d_op->d_revalidate(nd->dentry, nd))
-				break;
-		}
 return_base:
 		return 0;
 out_dput: