Move the i_pipe pointer into a union that will be shared with i_bdev and i_cdev. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" Index: linux-2.6.17-mm5/include/linux/fs.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.17-mm5.orig/include/linux/fs.h 2006-07-02 20:27:00.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.17-mm5/include/linux/fs.h 2006-07-02 20:28:45.000000000 -0400 @@ -523,9 +523,10 @@ #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; --