* bitmap file handling - read and write the bitmap file and its superblock
  */
 
-/* copy the pathname of a file to a buffer */
-char *file_path(struct file *file, char *buf, int count)
-{
-       if (!buf)
-               return NULL;
-
-       buf = d_path(&file->f_path, buf, count);
-
-       return IS_ERR(buf) ? NULL : buf;
-}
-
 /*
  * basic page I/O operations
  */
                if (bitmap->file) {
                        path = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
                        if (path)
-                               ptr = file_path(bitmap->file, path, PAGE_SIZE);
+                               ptr = d_path(&bitmap->file->f_path, path,
+                                            PAGE_SIZE);
+
 
                        printk(KERN_ALERT
                              "%s: kicking failed bitmap file %s from array!\n",
-                             bmname(bitmap), ptr ? ptr : "");
+                             bmname(bitmap), IS_ERR(ptr) ? "" : ptr);
 
                        kfree(path);
                } else
 
        if (!buf)
                goto out;
 
-       ptr = file_path(mddev->bitmap->file, buf, sizeof(file->pathname));
-       if (!ptr)
+       ptr = d_path(&mddev->bitmap->file->f_path, buf, sizeof(file->pathname));
+       if (IS_ERR(ptr))
                goto out;
 
        strcpy(file->pathname, ptr);
 
 void bitmap_flush(mddev_t *mddev);
 void bitmap_destroy(mddev_t *mddev);
 
-char *file_path(struct file *file, char *buf, int count);
 void bitmap_print_sb(struct bitmap *bitmap);
 void bitmap_update_sb(struct bitmap *bitmap);