From: Christoph Lameter filp_cachep is only used in fs/file_table.c and in fs/dcache.c where it is defined. Move it to related definitions in linux/file.h. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- include/linux/file.h | 2 ++ include/linux/slab.h | 1 - 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN include/linux/file.h~move-filep_cachep-to-include-fileh include/linux/file.h --- a/include/linux/file.h~move-filep_cachep-to-include-fileh +++ a/include/linux/file.h @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ struct files_struct { #define files_fdtable(files) (rcu_dereference((files)->fdt)) +extern struct kmem_cache *filp_cachep; + extern void FASTCALL(__fput(struct file *)); extern void FASTCALL(fput(struct file *)); diff -puN include/linux/slab.h~move-filep_cachep-to-include-fileh include/linux/slab.h --- a/include/linux/slab.h~move-filep_cachep-to-include-fileh +++ a/include/linux/slab.h @@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ static inline void *kcalloc(size_t n, si /* System wide caches */ extern kmem_cache_t *names_cachep; -extern kmem_cache_t *filp_cachep; extern kmem_cache_t *fs_cachep; #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ _