Move names_cachep to fs.h The names_cachep is used for getname() and putname(). So lets put it into fs.h. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter Index: linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2/include/linux/slab.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2.orig/include/linux/slab.h 2006-11-17 23:04:09.679562142 -0600 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2/include/linux/slab.h 2006-11-17 23:04:13.548058299 -0600 @@ -296,9 +296,6 @@ static inline void kmem_set_shrinker(kme #endif /* CONFIG_SLOB */ -/* System wide caches */ -extern kmem_cache_t *names_cachep; - #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ #endif /* _LINUX_SLAB_H */ Index: linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2/include/linux/fs.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2.orig/include/linux/fs.h 2006-11-15 16:48:08.629815618 -0600 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2/include/linux/fs.h 2006-11-17 23:04:13.586147506 -0600 @@ -1558,6 +1558,8 @@ extern char * getname(const char __user extern void __init vfs_caches_init_early(void); extern void __init vfs_caches_init(unsigned long); +extern kmem_cache_t *names_cachep; + #define __getname() kmem_cache_alloc(names_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL) #define __putname(name) kmem_cache_free(names_cachep, (void *)(name)) #ifndef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL