diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.5.59/fs/nfs/inode.c linux-2.5.59-00-fix2/fs/nfs/inode.c
--- linux-2.5.59/fs/nfs/inode.c	2003-01-12 22:40:13.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.59-00-fix2/fs/nfs/inode.c	2003-01-19 23:59:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 	.nrvers			= sizeof(nfs_version) / sizeof(nfs_version[0]),
 	.version		= nfs_version,
 	.stats			= &nfs_rpcstat,
+	.pipe_dir_name		= "/nfs",
 };
 
 static inline unsigned long
diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.5.59/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h linux-2.5.59-00-fix2/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
--- linux-2.5.59/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h	2003-01-12 22:39:49.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.59-00-fix2/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h	2003-01-19 23:57:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 	unsigned int		nrvers;		/* number of versions */
 	struct rpc_version **	version;	/* version array */
 	struct rpc_stat *	stats;		/* statistics */
+	char *			pipe_dir_name;	/* path to rpc_pipefs dir */
 };
 
 struct rpc_version {
diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.5.59/net/sunrpc/clnt.c linux-2.5.59-00-fix2/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
--- linux-2.5.59/net/sunrpc/clnt.c	2003-01-12 22:40:13.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.59-00-fix2/net/sunrpc/clnt.c	2003-01-20 03:29:02.000000000 +0100
@@ -63,6 +63,32 @@
 static u32 *	call_verify(struct rpc_task *task);
 
 
+static int
+rpc_setup_pipedir(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, char *dir_name)
+{
+	static uint32_t clntid;
+	int maxlen = sizeof(clnt->cl_pathname);
+	int error;
+
+	if (dir_name == NULL)
+		return 0;
+	for (;;) {
+		snprintf(clnt->cl_pathname, sizeof(clnt->cl_pathname),
+				"%s/clnt%x", dir_name,
+				(unsigned int)clntid++);
+		clnt->cl_pathname[sizeof(clnt->cl_pathname) - 1] = '\0';
+		clnt->cl_dentry = rpc_mkdir(clnt->cl_pathname, clnt);
+		if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry))
+			return 0;
+		error = PTR_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry);
+		if (error != -EEXIST) {
+			printk(KERN_INFO "RPC: Couldn't create pipefs entry %s, error %d\n",
+					clnt->cl_pathname, error);
+			return error;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Create an RPC client
  * FIXME: This should also take a flags argument (as in task->tk_flags).
@@ -109,14 +135,9 @@
 
 	rpc_init_rtt(&clnt->cl_rtt, xprt->timeout.to_initval);
 
-	snprintf(clnt->cl_pathname, sizeof(clnt->cl_pathname),
-			"/%s/clnt%p", clnt->cl_protname, clnt);
-	clnt->cl_dentry = rpc_mkdir(clnt->cl_pathname, clnt);
-	if (IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry)) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "RPC: Couldn't create pipefs entry %s\n",
-				clnt->cl_pathname);
+	if (rpc_setup_pipedir(clnt, program->pipe_dir_name) < 0)
 		goto out_no_path;
-	}
+
 	if (!rpcauth_create(flavor, clnt)) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "RPC: Couldn't create auth handle (flavor %u)\n",
 				flavor);
diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.5.59/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c linux-2.5.59-00-fix2/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
--- linux-2.5.59/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c	2003-01-14 16:29:23.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.59-00-fix2/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c	2003-01-20 03:20:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -476,15 +476,16 @@
  * FIXME: This probably has races.
  */
 static void
-rpc_depopulate(struct dentry *dir)
+rpc_depopulate(struct dentry *parent)
 {
+	struct inode *dir = parent->d_inode;
 	LIST_HEAD(head);
 	struct list_head *pos, *next;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
-	down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
+	down(&dir->i_sem);
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	list_for_each_safe(pos, next, &dir->d_subdirs) {
+	list_for_each_safe(pos, next, &parent->d_subdirs) {
 		dentry = list_entry(pos, struct dentry, d_child);
 		if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) {
 			dget_locked(dentry);
@@ -498,32 +499,34 @@
 		list_del_init(&dentry->d_hash);
 		if (dentry->d_inode) {
 			rpc_inode_setowner(dentry->d_inode, NULL);
-			simple_unlink(dir->d_inode, dentry);
+			simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
 		}
 		dput(dentry);
 	}
-	up(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
+	up(&dir->i_sem);
 }
 
 static int
-rpc_populate(struct dentry *dir,
+rpc_populate(struct dentry *parent,
 		struct rpc_filelist *files,
 		int start, int eof)
 {
-	void *private = RPC_I(dir->d_inode)->private;
+	struct inode *inode, *dir = parent->d_inode;
+	void *private = RPC_I(dir)->private;
 	struct qstr name;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
-	struct inode *inode;
 	int mode, i;
+
+	down(&dir->i_sem);
 	for (i = start; i < eof; i++) {
 		name.name = files[i].name;
 		name.len = strlen(name.name);
 		name.hash = full_name_hash(name.name, name.len);
-		dentry = d_alloc(dir, &name);
+		dentry = d_alloc(parent, &name);
 		if (!dentry)
 			goto out_bad;
 		mode = files[i].mode;
-		inode = rpc_get_inode(dir->d_inode->i_sb, mode);
+		inode = rpc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode);
 		if (!inode) {
 			dput(dentry);
 			goto out_bad;
@@ -534,13 +537,15 @@
 		if (private)
 			rpc_inode_setowner(inode, private);
 		if (S_ISDIR(mode))
-			dir->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+			dir->i_nlink++;
 		d_add(dentry, inode);
 	}
+	up(&dir->i_sem);
 	return 0;
 out_bad:
+	up(&dir->i_sem);
 	printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: %s failed to populate directory %s\n",
-			__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, dir->d_name.name);
+			__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, parent->d_name.name);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
@@ -569,6 +574,7 @@
 {
 	int error;
 
+	shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
 	rpc_inode_setowner(dentry->d_inode, NULL);
 	if ((error = simple_rmdir(dir, dentry)) != 0)
 		return error;