diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 79df9ff..1137521 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2785,7 +2785,7 @@
 	unsigned tgid;
 	struct pid_namespace *ns;
 
-	tgid = name_to_int(dentry);
+	tgid = name_to_int(&dentry->d_name);
 	if (tgid == ~0U)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -3033,7 +3033,7 @@
 	if (!leader)
 		goto out_no_task;
 
-	tid = name_to_int(dentry);
+	tid = name_to_int(&dentry->d_name);
 	if (tid == ~0U)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index 0788d09..955bb55 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
 {
 	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(dir);
 	int result = -ENOENT;
-	unsigned fd = name_to_int(dentry);
+	unsigned fd = name_to_int(&dentry->d_name);
 
 	if (!task)
 		goto out_no_task;
diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index b7f268e..190862e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -330,28 +330,28 @@
 					  nlink_t nlink)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *ent = NULL;
-	const char *fn = name;
-	unsigned int len;
-
-	/* make sure name is valid */
-	if (!name || !strlen(name))
-		goto out;
+	const char *fn;
+	struct qstr qstr;
 
 	if (xlate_proc_name(name, parent, &fn) != 0)
 		goto out;
+	qstr.name = fn;
+	qstr.len = strlen(fn);
+	if (qstr.len == 0 || qstr.len >= 256) {
+		WARN(1, "name len %u\n", qstr.len);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	if (*parent == &proc_root && name_to_int(&qstr) != ~0U) {
+		WARN(1, "create '/proc/%s' by hand\n", qstr.name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
-	/* At this point there must not be any '/' characters beyond *fn */
-	if (strchr(fn, '/'))
-		goto out;
-
-	len = strlen(fn);
-
-	ent = kzalloc(sizeof(struct proc_dir_entry) + len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ent = kzalloc(sizeof(struct proc_dir_entry) + qstr.len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ent)
 		goto out;
 
-	memcpy(ent->name, fn, len + 1);
-	ent->namelen = len;
+	memcpy(ent->name, fn, qstr.len + 1);
+	ent->namelen = qstr.len;
 	ent->mode = mode;
 	ent->nlink = nlink;
 	atomic_set(&ent->count, 1);
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index 3ab6d14..a38408a 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned name_to_int(struct dentry *dentry)
+static inline unsigned name_to_int(const struct qstr *qstr)
 {
-	const char *name = dentry->d_name.name;
-	int len = dentry->d_name.len;
+	const char *name = qstr->name;
+	int len = qstr->len;
 	unsigned n = 0;
 
 	if (len > 1 && *name == '0')