From: "Theodore Ts'o" Move the i_pipe pointer into a union that will be shared with i_bdev and i_cdev. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- include/linux/fs.h | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/fs.h~inode-diet-move-i_pipe-into-a-union include/linux/fs.h --- a/include/linux/fs.h~inode-diet-move-i_pipe-into-a-union +++ a/include/linux/fs.h @@ -527,9 +527,10 @@ struct inode { #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA struct dquot *i_dquot[MAXQUOTAS]; #endif - /* These three should probably be a union */ struct list_head i_devices; - struct pipe_inode_info *i_pipe; + union { + struct pipe_inode_info *i_pipe; + }; struct block_device *i_bdev; struct cdev *i_cdev; int i_cindex; _