diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index d5ecc6e477da..19b751806789 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1653,8 +1653,7 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_name(struct dentry *parent, const char *name)
 	struct qstr q;
 
 	q.name = name;
-	q.len = strlen(name);
-	q.hash = full_name_hash(q.name, q.len);
+	q.hash_len = hashlen_string(name);
 	return d_alloc(parent, &q);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc_name);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 42f8ca038254..dd98d43a54f8 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1822,19 +1822,20 @@ static inline unsigned long mix_hash(unsigned long hash)
 
 #endif
 
-unsigned int full_name_hash(const unsigned char *name, unsigned int len)
+/* Return the hash of a string of known length */
+unsigned int full_name_hash(const char *name, unsigned int len)
 {
 	unsigned long a, hash = 0;
 
 	for (;;) {
+		if (!len)
+			goto done;
 		a = load_unaligned_zeropad(name);
 		if (len < sizeof(unsigned long))
 			break;
 		hash = mix_hash(hash + a);
 		name += sizeof(unsigned long);
 		len -= sizeof(unsigned long);
-		if (!len)
-			goto done;
 	}
 	hash += a & bytemask_from_count(len);
 done:
@@ -1842,6 +1843,29 @@ done:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(full_name_hash);
 
+/* Return the "hash_len" (hash and length) of a null-terminated string */
+u64 hashlen_string(const char *name)
+{
+	unsigned long a, adata, mask, hash, len;
+	const struct word_at_a_time constants = WORD_AT_A_TIME_CONSTANTS;
+
+	hash = a = 0;
+	len = -sizeof(unsigned long);
+	do {
+		hash = mix_hash(hash + a);
+		len += sizeof(unsigned long);
+		a = load_unaligned_zeropad(name+len);
+	} while (!has_zero(a, &adata, &constants));
+
+	adata = prep_zero_mask(a, adata, &constants);
+	mask = create_zero_mask(adata);
+	hash += a & zero_bytemask(mask);
+	len += find_zero(mask);
+
+	return hashlen_create(fold_hash(hash), len);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(hashlen_string);
+
 /*
  * Calculate the length and hash of the path component, and
  * return the "hash_len" as the result.
@@ -1872,15 +1896,32 @@ static inline u64 hash_name(const char *name)
 
 #else
 
-unsigned int full_name_hash(const unsigned char *name, unsigned int len)
+/* Return the hash of a string of known length */
+unsigned int full_name_hash(const char *name, unsigned int len)
 {
 	unsigned long hash = init_name_hash();
 	while (len--)
-		hash = partial_name_hash(*name++, hash);
+		hash = partial_name_hash((unsigned char)*name++, hash);
 	return end_name_hash(hash);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(full_name_hash);
 
+/* Return the "hash_len" (hash and length) of a null-terminated string */
+u64 hash_string(const char *name)
+{
+	unsigned long hash = init_name_hash();
+	unsigned long len = 0, c;
+
+	c = (unsigned char)*name;
+	do {
+		len++;
+		hash = partial_name_hash(c, hash);
+		c = (unsigned char)name[len];
+	} while (c);
+	return hashlen_create(end_name_hash(hash), len);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(hash_string);
+
 /*
  * We know there's a real path component here of at least
  * one character.
diff --git a/include/linux/stringhash.h b/include/linux/stringhash.h
index 2eaaaf6d2776..451771d9b9c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/stringhash.h
+++ b/include/linux/stringhash.h
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef __LINUX_STRINGHASH_H
 #define __LINUX_STRINGHASH_H
 
-#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>	/* For __pure */
+#include <linux/types.h>	/* For u32, u64 */
 
 /*
  * Routines for hashing strings of bytes to a 32-bit hash value.
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ static inline unsigned long end_name_hash(unsigned long hash)
  *
  * If not set, this falls back to a wrapper around the preceding.
  */
-extern unsigned int full_name_hash(const unsigned char *, unsigned int);
+extern unsigned int __pure full_name_hash(const char *, unsigned int);
 
 /*
  * A hash_len is a u64 with the hash of a string in the low
@@ -69,4 +70,7 @@ extern unsigned int full_name_hash(const unsigned char *, unsigned int);
 #define hashlen_len(hashlen)  ((u32)((hashlen) >> 32))
 #define hashlen_create(hash, len) ((u64)(len)<<32 | (u32)(hash))
 
+/* Return the "hash_len" (hash and length) of a null-terminated string */
+extern u64 __pure hashlen_string(const char *name);
+
 #endif	/* __LINUX_STRINGHASH_H */