diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/mutex.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/mutex.h
index d3369b6..2a88d56 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/mutex.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/mutex.h
@@ -18,18 +18,8 @@
 #ifndef __XFS_SUPPORT_MUTEX_H__
 #define __XFS_SUPPORT_MUTEX_H__
 
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 
-/*
- * Map the mutex'es from IRIX to Linux semaphores.
- *
- * Destroy just simply initializes to -99 which should block all other
- * callers.
- */
-#define MUTEX_DEFAULT		0x0
-
-typedef struct mutex		mutex_t;
-//#define mutex_destroy(lock)			do{}while(0)
+typedef struct mutex mutex_t;
 
 #endif /* __XFS_SUPPORT_MUTEX_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index 4bd3d03..76c6df3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 
-#define IS_NOATIME(inode) ((inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_NOATIME) ||	\
-	(S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_NODIRATIME))
-
 /*
  * Get a XFS inode from a given vnode.
  */
@@ -474,11 +471,14 @@
 
 	error = 0;
 	VOP_SYMLINK(dvp, dentry, &va, (char *)symname, &cvp, NULL, error);
-	if (!error && cvp) {
-		ip = LINVFS_GET_IP(cvp);
-		d_instantiate(dentry, ip);
-		validate_fields(dir);
-		validate_fields(ip); /* size needs update */
+	if (likely(!error && cvp)) {
+		error = linvfs_init_security(cvp, dir);
+		if (likely(!error)) {
+			ip = LINVFS_GET_IP(cvp);
+			d_instantiate(dentry, ip);
+			validate_fields(dir);
+			validate_fields(ip);
+		}
 	}
 	return -error;
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
index 8d58860..53a00fb2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 	xqm->qm_dqfree_ratio = XFS_QM_DQFREE_RATIO;
 	xqm->qm_nrefs = 0;
 #ifdef DEBUG
-	xfs_mutex_init(&qcheck_lock, MUTEX_DEFAULT, "qchk");
+	mutex_init(&qcheck_lock);
 #endif
 	return xqm;
 }