diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 12ba81d..e3137aa 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -101,68 +101,15 @@
 	return full_path;
 }
 
-/* Note: caller must free return buffer */
-char *
-build_wildcard_path_from_dentry(struct dentry *direntry)
+/* char * build_wildcard_path_from_dentry(struct dentry *direntry)
 {
-	struct dentry *temp;
-	int namelen = 0;
-	char *full_path;
-
-	if(direntry == NULL)
-		return NULL;  /* not much we can do if dentry is freed and
-		we need to reopen the file after it was closed implicitly
-		when the server crashed */
-
-cifs_bwp_rename_retry:
-	for (temp = direntry; !IS_ROOT(temp);) {
-		namelen += (1 + temp->d_name.len);
-		temp = temp->d_parent;
-		if(temp == NULL) {
-			cERROR(1,("corrupt dentry"));
-			return NULL;
-		}
-	}
-
-	full_path = kmalloc(namelen+3, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if(full_path == NULL)
 		return full_path;
 
 	full_path[namelen] = '\\';
 	full_path[namelen+1] = '*';
-	full_path[namelen+2] = 0;  /* trailing null */
-
-	for (temp = direntry; !IS_ROOT(temp);) {
-		namelen -= 1 + temp->d_name.len;
-		if (namelen < 0) {
-			break;
-		} else {
-			full_path[namelen] = '\\';
-			strncpy(full_path + namelen + 1, temp->d_name.name,
-				temp->d_name.len);
-			cFYI(0, (" name: %s ", full_path + namelen));
-		}
-		temp = temp->d_parent;
-		if(temp == NULL) {
-			cERROR(1,("corrupt dentry"));
-			kfree(full_path);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	if (namelen != 0) {
-		cERROR(1,
-		       ("We did not end path lookup where we expected namelen is %d",
-			namelen));
-		/* presumably this is only possible if we were racing with a rename 
-		of one of the parent directories  (we can not lock the dentries
-		above us to prevent this, but retrying should be harmless) */
-		kfree(full_path);
-		namelen = 0;
-		goto cifs_bwp_rename_retry;
-	}
-
-	return full_path;
-}
+	full_path[namelen+2] = 0;
+BB remove above eight lines BB */
 
 /* Inode operations in similar order to how they appear in the Linux file fs.h */
 
@@ -235,7 +182,8 @@
 
 	rc = CIFSSMBOpen(xid, pTcon, full_path, disposition,
 			 desiredAccess, CREATE_NOT_DIR,
-			 &fileHandle, &oplock, buf, cifs_sb->local_nls);
+			 &fileHandle, &oplock, buf, cifs_sb->local_nls,
+			 cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 	if (rc) {
 		cFYI(1, ("cifs_create returned 0x%x ", rc));
 	} else {
@@ -248,13 +196,17 @@
 					(__u64)current->euid,
 					(__u64)current->egid,
 					0 /* dev */,
-					cifs_sb->local_nls);
+					cifs_sb->local_nls, 
+					cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & 
+						CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 			} else {
 				CIFSSMBUnixSetPerms(xid, pTcon, full_path, mode,
 					(__u64)-1,
 					(__u64)-1,
 					0 /* dev */,
-					cifs_sb->local_nls);
+					cifs_sb->local_nls,
+					cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & 
+						CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 			}
 		else {
 			/* BB implement via Windows security descriptors */
@@ -356,11 +308,15 @@
 		if(cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SET_UID) {
 			rc = CIFSSMBUnixSetPerms(xid, pTcon, full_path,
 				mode,(__u64)current->euid,(__u64)current->egid,
-				device_number, cifs_sb->local_nls);
+				device_number, cifs_sb->local_nls,
+				cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & 
+					CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 		} else {
 			rc = CIFSSMBUnixSetPerms(xid, pTcon,
 				full_path, mode, (__u64)-1, (__u64)-1,
-				device_number, cifs_sb->local_nls);
+				device_number, cifs_sb->local_nls,
+				cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & 
+					CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 		}
 
 		if(!rc) {
@@ -447,36 +403,6 @@
 	return ERR_PTR(rc);
 }
 
-int
-cifs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{				/* NB: currently unused since searches are opened in readdir */
-	int rc = 0;
-	int xid;
-	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
-	struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon;
-	char *full_path = NULL;
-
-	xid = GetXid();
-
-	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
-	pTcon = cifs_sb->tcon;
-
-	if(file->f_dentry) {
-		down(&file->f_dentry->d_sb->s_vfs_rename_sem);
-		full_path = build_wildcard_path_from_dentry(file->f_dentry);
-		up(&file->f_dentry->d_sb->s_vfs_rename_sem);
-	} else {
-		FreeXid(xid);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
-	cFYI(1, ("inode = 0x%p and full path is %s", inode, full_path));
-
-	kfree(full_path);
-	FreeXid(xid);
-	return rc;
-}
-
 static int
 cifs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {