Just use d_make_persistent() + dput() (and fold the latter into
simple_finish_creating()) and that's it...

NOTE: pipe->dentry is a borrowed reference - it does not contribute
to dentry refcount.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
 net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c | 27 ++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 0bd1df2ebb47..379daefc4847 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -536,17 +536,16 @@ static int rpc_new_file(struct dentry *parent,
 
 	inode = rpc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, S_IFREG | mode);
 	if (unlikely(!inode)) {
-		dput(dentry);
-		inode_unlock(dir);
+		simple_done_creating(dentry);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	inode->i_ino = iunique(dir->i_sb, 100);
 	if (i_fop)
 		inode->i_fop = i_fop;
 	rpc_inode_setowner(inode, private);
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	d_make_persistent(dentry, inode);
 	fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
-	inode_unlock(dir);
+	simple_done_creating(dentry);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -563,18 +562,17 @@ static struct dentry *rpc_new_dir(struct dentry *parent,
 
 	inode = rpc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, S_IFDIR | mode);
 	if (unlikely(!inode)) {
-		dput(dentry);
-		inode_unlock(dir);
+		simple_done_creating(dentry);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
 	inode->i_ino = iunique(dir->i_sb, 100);
 	inc_nlink(dir);
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	d_make_persistent(dentry, inode);
 	fsnotify_mkdir(dir, dentry);
-	inode_unlock(dir);
+	simple_done_creating(dentry);
 
-	return dentry;
+	return dentry; // borrowed
 }
 
 static int rpc_populate(struct dentry *parent,
@@ -657,8 +655,7 @@ int rpc_mkpipe_dentry(struct dentry *parent, const char *name,
 
 	inode = rpc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, umode);
 	if (unlikely(!inode)) {
-		dput(dentry);
-		inode_unlock(dir);
+		simple_done_creating(dentry);
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto failed;
 	}
@@ -668,10 +665,10 @@ int rpc_mkpipe_dentry(struct dentry *parent, const char *name,
 	rpci->private = private;
 	rpci->pipe = pipe;
 	rpc_inode_setowner(inode, private);
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-	pipe->dentry = dentry;
+	pipe->dentry = dentry; // borrowed
+	d_make_persistent(dentry, inode);
 	fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
-	inode_unlock(dir);
+	simple_done_creating(dentry);
 	return 0;
 
 failed:
@@ -1206,7 +1203,7 @@ static void rpc_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 					   sb);
 	mutex_unlock(&sn->pipefs_sb_lock);
 out:
-	kill_litter_super(sb);
+	kill_anon_super(sb);
 	put_net(net);
 }
 
-- 
2.47.3