diff --git a/include/linux/coda_linux.h b/include/linux/coda_linux.h
index 31b7531..dcc228a 100644
--- a/include/linux/coda_linux.h
+++ b/include/linux/coda_linux.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 /* operations shared over more than one file */
 int coda_open(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
 int coda_release(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
-int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, struct nameidata *nd);
+int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int coda_revalidate_inode(struct dentry *);
 int coda_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 int coda_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7721a2a..6c923c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
 #define MAY_WRITE 2
 #define MAY_READ 4
 #define MAY_APPEND 8
+#define MAY_ACCESS 16
+#define MAY_CHDIR 32
+#define MAY_OPEN 64
 
 #define FMODE_READ 1
 #define FMODE_WRITE 2
@@ -1272,7 +1275,7 @@
 	void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 	void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
 	void (*truncate) (struct inode *);
-	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, struct nameidata *);
+	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int);
 	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);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 29d2619..f08f9ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
 extern int nfs_post_op_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr);
 extern int nfs_post_op_update_inode_force_wcc(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr);
 extern int nfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
-extern int nfs_permission(struct inode *, int, struct nameidata *);
+extern int nfs_permission(struct inode *, int);
 extern int nfs_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern int nfs_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern int nfs_attribute_timeout(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
index 66a9681..af135ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 int reiserfs_delete_xattrs(struct inode *inode);
 int reiserfs_chown_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attrs);
 int reiserfs_xattr_init(struct super_block *sb, int mount_flags);
-int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, struct nameidata *nd);
+int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 
 int reiserfs_xattr_del(struct inode *, const char *);
 int reiserfs_xattr_get(const struct inode *, const char *, void *, size_t);
diff --git a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
index f2d12d5..fd83f25 100644
--- a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
-int shmem_permission(struct inode *, int, struct nameidata *);
+int shmem_permission(struct inode *, int);
 int shmem_acl_init(struct inode *, struct inode *);
 void shmem_acl_destroy_inode(struct inode *);