diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index f24d1b833957..d5f6834ed51a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -504,3 +504,9 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
 [mandatory]
 	__fd_install() & fd_install() can now sleep. Callers should not
 	hold a spinlock	or other resources that do not allow a schedule.
+--
+[mandatory]
+	->getxattr() and xattr_handler.get() get dentry and inode passed separately.
+	dentry might be yet to be attached to inode, so do _not_ use its ->d_inode
+	in the instances.  Rationale: !@#!@# security_d_instantiate() needs to be
+	called before we attach dentry to inode.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
index c2d9b793759d..c350b01feab7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
@@ -1032,8 +1032,8 @@ static inline __u64 ll_file_maxbytes(struct inode *inode)
 /* llite/xattr.c */
 int ll_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
-ssize_t ll_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		    void *buffer, size_t size);
+ssize_t ll_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		    const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size);
 ssize_t ll_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size);
 int ll_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
index 4b7eb33f7d01..8102740d39e4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
@@ -449,11 +449,9 @@ out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
-ssize_t ll_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		    void *buffer, size_t size)
+ssize_t ll_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		    const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
-
 	LASSERT(inode);
 	LASSERT(name);
 
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index 861b1e1c4777..86df8d475d1f 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ static int bad_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
-static ssize_t bad_inode_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			void *buffer, size_t size)
+static ssize_t bad_inode_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+			const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
 	return -EIO;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
index e25508ffa2ee..e0a7f8b81dd2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ static int btrfs_is_valid_xattr(const char *name)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-ssize_t btrfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		       void *buffer, size_t size)
+ssize_t btrfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, 
+		      const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ ssize_t btrfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	 * for it via sb->s_xattr.
 	 */
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN))
-		return generic_getxattr(dentry, name, buffer, size);
+		return generic_getxattr(dentry, inode, name, buffer, size);
 
 	ret = btrfs_is_valid_xattr(name);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.h b/fs/btrfs/xattr.h
index 5049608d1388..8cb374859e51 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.h
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ extern ssize_t __btrfs_getxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 extern int __btrfs_setxattr(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			    struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 			    const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
-extern ssize_t btrfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		void *buffer, size_t size);
+extern ssize_t btrfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, 
+			      const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size);
 extern int btrfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
 extern int btrfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 8c8cb8fe3d32..2793ae2c0ff6 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ extern int ceph_setxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *,
 int __ceph_setxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
 ssize_t __ceph_getxattr(struct inode *, const char *, void *, size_t);
 int __ceph_removexattr(struct dentry *, const char *);
-extern ssize_t ceph_getxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t);
+extern ssize_t ceph_getxattr(struct dentry *, struct inode *, const char *, void *, size_t);
 extern ssize_t ceph_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 extern int ceph_removexattr(struct dentry *, const char *);
 extern void __ceph_build_xattrs_blob(struct ceph_inode_info *ci);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index b24275ef97f7..4e4d0b7df85a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -773,13 +773,13 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-ssize_t ceph_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *value,
-		      size_t size)
+ssize_t ceph_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		      const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
 {
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN))
-		return generic_getxattr(dentry, name, value, size);
+		return generic_getxattr(dentry, inode, name, value, size);
 
-	return __ceph_getxattr(d_inode(dentry), name, value, size);
+	return __ceph_getxattr(inode, name, value, size);
 }
 
 ssize_t ceph_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *names, size_t size)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 44b3d4280abb..39c380cd0b90 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ extern int cifs_symlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 extern int	cifs_removexattr(struct dentry *, const char *);
 extern int	cifs_setxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *,
 			size_t, int);
-extern ssize_t	cifs_getxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t);
+extern ssize_t	cifs_getxattr(struct dentry *, struct inode *, const char *, void *, size_t);
 extern ssize_t	cifs_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 extern long cifs_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/xattr.c b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
index ff9e1f8b16a4..0de08cd2e561 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ set_ea_exit:
 	return rc;
 }
 
-ssize_t cifs_getxattr(struct dentry *direntry, const char *ea_name,
-	void *ea_value, size_t buf_size)
+ssize_t cifs_getxattr(struct dentry *direntry, struct inode *inode,
+	const char *ea_name, void *ea_value, size_t buf_size)
 {
 	ssize_t rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_XATTR
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ ssize_t cifs_getxattr(struct dentry *direntry, const char *ea_name,
 				goto get_ea_exit; /* rc already EOPNOTSUPP */
 
 			pacl = pTcon->ses->server->ops->get_acl(cifs_sb,
-					d_inode(direntry), full_path, &acllen);
+					inode, full_path, &acllen);
 			if (IS_ERR(pacl)) {
 				rc = PTR_ERR(pacl);
 				cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: error %zd getting sec desc\n",
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index 80d6901493cf..81701fdedbeb 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -1376,7 +1376,9 @@ int ecryptfs_read_xattr_region(char *page_virt, struct inode *ecryptfs_inode)
 	ssize_t size;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	size = ecryptfs_getxattr_lower(lower_dentry, ECRYPTFS_XATTR_NAME,
+	size = ecryptfs_getxattr_lower(lower_dentry,
+				       ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(ecryptfs_inode),
+				       ECRYPTFS_XATTR_NAME,
 				       page_virt, ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_EXTENT_SIZE);
 	if (size < 0) {
 		if (unlikely(ecryptfs_verbosity > 0))
@@ -1398,6 +1400,7 @@ int ecryptfs_read_and_validate_xattr_region(struct dentry *dentry,
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = ecryptfs_getxattr_lower(ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry),
+				     ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode),
 				     ECRYPTFS_XATTR_NAME, file_size,
 				     ECRYPTFS_SIZE_AND_MARKER_BYTES);
 	if (rc < ECRYPTFS_SIZE_AND_MARKER_BYTES)
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
index eae9cdb8af46..7d2e3933ec92 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
@@ -618,8 +618,8 @@ ecryptfs_parse_packet_set(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat,
 			  unsigned char *src, struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry);
 int ecryptfs_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t new_length);
 ssize_t
-ecryptfs_getxattr_lower(struct dentry *lower_dentry, const char *name,
-			void *value, size_t size);
+ecryptfs_getxattr_lower(struct dentry *lower_dentry, struct inode *lower_inode,
+			const char *name, void *value, size_t size);
 int
 ecryptfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 		  size_t size, int flags);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index f630bcab92e7..68333c331087 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -1033,29 +1033,30 @@ out:
 }
 
 ssize_t
-ecryptfs_getxattr_lower(struct dentry *lower_dentry, const char *name,
-			void *value, size_t size)
+ecryptfs_getxattr_lower(struct dentry *lower_dentry, struct inode *lower_inode,
+			const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	if (!d_inode(lower_dentry)->i_op->getxattr) {
+	if (!lower_inode->i_op->getxattr) {
 		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	inode_lock(d_inode(lower_dentry));
-	rc = d_inode(lower_dentry)->i_op->getxattr(lower_dentry, name, value,
-						   size);
-	inode_unlock(d_inode(lower_dentry));
+	inode_lock(lower_inode);
+	rc = lower_inode->i_op->getxattr(lower_dentry, lower_inode,
+					 name, value, size);
+	inode_unlock(lower_inode);
 out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
 static ssize_t
-ecryptfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *value,
-		  size_t size)
+ecryptfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		  const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
 {
-	return ecryptfs_getxattr_lower(ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry), name,
-				       value, size);
+	return ecryptfs_getxattr_lower(ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry),
+				       ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode),
+				       name, value, size);
 }
 
 static ssize_t
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c b/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
index c6ced4cbf0cf..950fb2102a82 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
@@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ static int ecryptfs_write_inode_size_to_xattr(struct inode *ecryptfs_inode)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	inode_lock(lower_inode);
-	size = lower_inode->i_op->getxattr(lower_dentry, ECRYPTFS_XATTR_NAME,
+	size = lower_inode->i_op->getxattr(lower_dentry, lower_inode,
+					   ECRYPTFS_XATTR_NAME,
 					   xattr_virt, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 	if (size < 0)
 		size = 8;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index aa6d459e8c30..bf76591c3dd7 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1804,10 +1804,9 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static ssize_t fuse_getxattr(struct dentry *entry, const char *name,
-			     void *value, size_t size)
+static ssize_t fuse_getxattr(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode,
+			     const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(entry);
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
 	FUSE_ARGS(args);
 	struct fuse_getxattr_in inarg;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 970dd21055e3..0f73d32cc9ea 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -2011,22 +2011,21 @@ static int gfs2_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static ssize_t gfs2_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			     void *data, size_t size)
+static ssize_t gfs2_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+			     const char *name, void *data, size_t size)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	struct gfs2_holder gh;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* For selinux during lookup */
 	if (gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(ip->i_gl))
-		return generic_getxattr(dentry, name, data, size);
+		return generic_getxattr(dentry, inode, name, data, size);
 
 	gfs2_holder_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_ANY, &gh);
 	ret = gfs2_glock_nq(&gh);
 	if (ret == 0) {
-		ret = generic_getxattr(dentry, name, data, size);
+		ret = generic_getxattr(dentry, inode, name, data, size);
 		gfs2_glock_dq(&gh);
 	}
 	gfs2_holder_uninit(&gh);
diff --git a/fs/hfs/attr.c b/fs/hfs/attr.c
index 8d931b157bbe..064f92f17efc 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/attr.c
@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ out:
 	return res;
 }
 
-ssize_t hfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			 void *value, size_t size)
+ssize_t hfs_getxattr(struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+		     const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct hfs_find_data fd;
 	hfs_cat_rec rec;
 	struct hfs_cat_file *file;
diff --git a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
index 1f1c7dcbcc2f..79daa097929a 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ extern void hfs_delete_inode(struct inode *);
 /* attr.c */
 extern int hfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 			const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
-extern ssize_t hfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			    void *value, size_t size);
+extern ssize_t hfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+			    const char *name, void *value, size_t size);
 extern ssize_t hfs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size);
 
 /* mdb.c */
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_xattr.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_xattr.h
index e8d717dabca3..e69e14f3777b 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_xattr.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_xattr.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ extern int __jfs_setxattr(tid_t, struct inode *, const char *, const void *,
 extern int jfs_setxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *, size_t,
 			int);
 extern ssize_t __jfs_getxattr(struct inode *, const char *, void *, size_t);
-extern ssize_t jfs_getxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t);
+extern ssize_t jfs_getxattr(struct dentry *, struct inode *, const char *, void *, size_t);
 extern ssize_t jfs_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 extern int jfs_removexattr(struct dentry *, const char *);
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/xattr.c b/fs/jfs/xattr.c
index 48b15a6e5558..5becc6a3ff8c 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/xattr.c
@@ -933,8 +933,8 @@ ssize_t __jfs_getxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *data,
 	return size;
 }
 
-ssize_t jfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *data,
-		     size_t buf_size)
+ssize_t jfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		     const char *name, void *data, size_t buf_size)
 {
 	int err;
 
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ ssize_t jfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *data,
 	 * for it via sb->s_xattr.
 	 */
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN))
-		return generic_getxattr(dentry, name, data, buf_size);
+		return generic_getxattr(dentry, inode, name, data, buf_size);
 
 	if (strncmp(name, XATTR_OS2_PREFIX, XATTR_OS2_PREFIX_LEN) == 0) {
 		/*
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ ssize_t jfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *data,
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
-	err = __jfs_getxattr(d_inode(dentry), name, data, buf_size);
+	err = __jfs_getxattr(inode, name, data, buf_size);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
index 756dd56aaf60..4c643c128c22 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@ int kernfs_iop_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 	return simple_xattr_remove(&attrs->xattrs, name);
 }
 
-ssize_t kernfs_iop_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buf,
-			    size_t size)
+ssize_t kernfs_iop_getxattr(struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+			    const char *name, void *buf, size_t size)
 {
-	struct kernfs_node *kn = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct kernfs_node *kn = inode->i_private;
 	struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs;
 
 	attrs = kernfs_iattrs(kn);
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
index 6762bfbd8207..45c9192c276e 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
+++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ int kernfs_iop_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 int kernfs_iop_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 			size_t size, int flags);
 int kernfs_iop_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
-ssize_t kernfs_iop_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buf,
-			    size_t size);
+ssize_t kernfs_iop_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+			    const char *name, void *buf, size_t size);
 ssize_t kernfs_iop_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, size_t size);
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 72c09d8819d1..68e82827a4ae 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -1131,8 +1131,8 @@ static int empty_dir_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
-static ssize_t empty_dir_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				  void *value, size_t size)
+static ssize_t empty_dir_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+				  const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
 {
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index be57d343d875..02effb046ccf 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ static bool ovl_need_xattr_filter(struct dentry *dentry,
 		return false;
 }
 
-ssize_t ovl_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		     void *value, size_t size)
+ssize_t ovl_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		     const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
 {
 	struct path realpath;
 	enum ovl_path_type type = ovl_path_real(dentry, &realpath);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 9c83496b58f0..8ba2f2e882db 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ int ovl_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 int ovl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int ovl_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		 const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
-ssize_t ovl_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		     void *value, size_t size);
+ssize_t ovl_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		     const char *name, void *value, size_t size);
 ssize_t ovl_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t size);
 int ovl_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
 struct inode *ovl_d_select_inode(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned file_flags);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 8716b764700f..ced01f5741a3 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -289,7 +289,10 @@ bool ovl_is_whiteout_v1(struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (!dentry->d_inode->i_op->getxattr)
 		return false;
 
-	res = dentry->d_inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, ovl_whiteout_xattr, &val, 1);
+	/* XXX is d_inode(dentry) correct here or should we receive the inode separately 
+	   all the other FSs?
+	 */
+	res = dentry->d_inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, d_inode(dentry), ovl_whiteout_xattr, &val, 1);
 	if (res == 1 && val == 'y')
 		return true;
 
@@ -323,7 +326,7 @@ static bool ovl_is_opaquedir(struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || !inode->i_op->getxattr)
 		return false;
 
-	res = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_OPAQUE, &val, 1);
+	res = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, inode, OVL_XATTR_OPAQUE, &val, 1);
 	if (res == 1 && val == 'y')
 		return true;
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index a5697de763f5..f2115158214f 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -1758,8 +1758,8 @@ int ubifs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 /* xattr.c */
 int ubifs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		   const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
-ssize_t ubifs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buf,
-		       size_t size);
+ssize_t ubifs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *host,
+		       const char *name, void *buf, size_t size);
 ssize_t ubifs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size);
 int ubifs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
 int ubifs_init_security(struct inode *dentry, struct inode *inode,
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
index cabe709e5bd6..d7747aa33cd2 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
@@ -374,10 +374,10 @@ int ubifs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	return setxattr(d_inode(dentry), name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
-ssize_t ubifs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buf,
-		       size_t size)
+ssize_t ubifs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *host,
+		       const char *name, void *buf, size_t size)
 {
-	struct inode *inode, *host = d_inode(dentry);
+	struct inode *inode;
 	struct ubifs_info *c = host->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct qstr nm = QSTR_INIT(name, strlen(name));
 	struct ubifs_inode *ui;
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 630689a1e21c..ec9cd9bfd965 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ vfs_getxattr_alloc(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, char **xattr_value,
 	if (!inode->i_op->getxattr)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	error = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, name, NULL, 0);
+	error = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, inode, name, NULL, 0);
 	if (error < 0)
 		return error;
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ vfs_getxattr_alloc(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, char **xattr_value,
 		memset(value, 0, error + 1);
 	}
 
-	error = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, name, value, error);
+	error = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, inode, name, value, error);
 	*xattr_value = value;
 	return error;
 }
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
 	}
 nolsm:
 	if (inode->i_op->getxattr)
-		error = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, name, value, size);
+		error = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, inode, name, value, size);
 	else
 		error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
@@ -721,15 +721,15 @@ xattr_resolve_name(const struct xattr_handler **handlers, const char **name)
  * Find the handler for the prefix and dispatch its get() operation.
  */
 ssize_t
-generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
+generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		 const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
 	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
 	handler = xattr_resolve_name(dentry->d_sb->s_xattr, &name);
 	if (!handler)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return handler->get(handler, dentry, d_inode(dentry),
-			    name, buffer, size);
+	return handler->get(handler, dentry, inode, name, buffer, size);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 63213a3a953a..faef16cfcdc6 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1704,7 +1704,8 @@ struct inode_operations {
 	int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 	int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 	int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int);
-	ssize_t (*getxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t);
+	ssize_t (*getxattr) (struct dentry *, struct inode *,
+			     const char *, void *, size_t);
 	ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 	int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *);
 	int (*fiemap)(struct inode *, struct fiemap_extent_info *, u64 start,
diff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h
index e79e7c95182c..7b23333c8d6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/xattr.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *, size_t, i
 int vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
 int vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *, const char *);
 
-ssize_t generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size);
+ssize_t generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size);
 ssize_t generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size);
 int generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
 int generic_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 9e949c4cdf30..56a2aa045bb5 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2623,7 +2623,7 @@ static ssize_t shmem_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	 * for it via sb->s_xattr.
 	 */
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN))
-		return generic_getxattr(dentry, name, buffer, size);
+		return generic_getxattr(dentry, d_inode(dentry), name, buffer, size);
 
 	err = shmem_xattr_validate(name);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 3cdfd05204fc..300344eee0c0 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static struct socket *sockfd_lookup_light(int fd, int *err, int *fput_needed)
 #define XATTR_SOCKPROTONAME_SUFFIX "sockprotoname"
 #define XATTR_NAME_SOCKPROTONAME (XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX XATTR_SOCKPROTONAME_SUFFIX)
 #define XATTR_NAME_SOCKPROTONAME_LEN (sizeof(XATTR_NAME_SOCKPROTONAME)-1)
-static ssize_t sockfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry,
+static ssize_t sockfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 			       const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
 {
 	const char *proto_name;
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 9b3edba566b1..b0b479abe92f 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ int cap_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (!inode->i_op->getxattr)
 	       return 0;
 
-	error = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, NULL, 0);
+	error = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, inode, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, NULL, 0);
 	if (error <= 0)
 		return 0;
 	return 1;
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(const struct dentry *dentry, struct cpu_vfs_cap_data
 	if (!inode || !inode->i_op->getxattr)
 		return -ENODATA;
 
-	size = inode->i_op->getxattr((struct dentry *)dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, &caps,
-				   XATTR_CAPS_SZ);
+	size = inode->i_op->getxattr((struct dentry *)dentry, inode,
+				     XATTR_NAME_CAPS, &caps, XATTR_CAPS_SZ);
 	if (size == -ENODATA || size == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		/* no data, that's ok */
 		return -ENODATA;
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 20554d84952f..710fae52cc7f 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static int evm_find_protected_xattrs(struct dentry *dentry)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	for (xattr = evm_config_xattrnames; *xattr != NULL; xattr++) {
-		error = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, *xattr, NULL, 0);
+		error = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, inode, *xattr, NULL, 0);
 		if (error < 0) {
 			if (error == -ENODATA)
 				continue;
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 1ed8fefe3774..779e43e52b8a 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ static int sb_finish_set_opts(struct super_block *sb)
 			rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		rc = root_inode->i_op->getxattr(root, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX, NULL, 0);
+		rc = root_inode->i_op->getxattr(root, root_inode,
+						XATTR_NAME_SELINUX, NULL, 0);
 		if (rc < 0 && rc != -ENODATA) {
 			if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "SELinux: (dev %s, type "
@@ -1374,13 +1375,13 @@ static int inode_doinit_with_dentry(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *opt_dent
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}
 		context[len] = '\0';
-		rc = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX,
+		rc = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, inode, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX,
 					   context, len);
 		if (rc == -ERANGE) {
 			kfree(context);
 
 			/* Need a larger buffer.  Query for the right size. */
-			rc = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX,
+			rc = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, inode, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX,
 						   NULL, 0);
 			if (rc < 0) {
 				dput(dentry);
@@ -1394,7 +1395,7 @@ static int inode_doinit_with_dentry(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *opt_dent
 				goto out_unlock;
 			}
 			context[len] = '\0';
-			rc = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry,
+			rc = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, inode,
 						   XATTR_NAME_SELINUX,
 						   context, len);
 		}
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 4f859e9eb486..7ca54bd5e260 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static struct smack_known *smk_fetch(const char *name, struct inode *ip,
 	if (buffer == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	rc = ip->i_op->getxattr(dp, name, buffer, SMK_LONGLABEL);
+	rc = ip->i_op->getxattr(dp, ip, name, buffer, SMK_LONGLABEL);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		skp = ERR_PTR(rc);
 	else if (rc == 0)
@@ -3526,7 +3526,7 @@ static void smack_d_instantiate(struct dentry *opt_dentry, struct inode *inode)
 					TRANS_TRUE, TRANS_TRUE_SIZE,
 					0);
 			} else {
-				rc = inode->i_op->getxattr(dp,
+				rc = inode->i_op->getxattr(dp, inode,
 					XATTR_NAME_SMACKTRANSMUTE, trattr,
 					TRANS_TRUE_SIZE);
 				if (rc >= 0 && strncmp(trattr, TRANS_TRUE,
