The i_blocks and i_size fields are only used for regular files. So we move them into the union, along with i_rdev and i_devices, which are only used by block or character devices. 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 20:29:49.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.17-mm5/include/linux/fs.h 2006-07-02 20:29:52.000000000 -0400 @@ -501,15 +501,12 @@ unsigned int i_nlink; uid_t i_uid; gid_t i_gid; - dev_t i_rdev; loff_t i_size; struct timespec i_atime; struct timespec i_mtime; struct timespec i_ctime; unsigned int i_blkbits; unsigned long i_version; - blkcnt_t i_blocks; - unsigned short i_bytes; spinlock_t i_lock; /* i_blocks, i_bytes, maybe i_size */ struct mutex i_mutex; struct rw_semaphore i_alloc_sem; @@ -522,11 +519,20 @@ #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA struct dquot *i_dquot[MAXQUOTAS]; #endif - struct list_head i_devices; union { struct pipe_inode_info *i_pipe; - struct block_device *i_bdev; - struct cdev *i_cdev; + struct { + union { + struct block_device *i_bdev; + struct cdev *i_cdev; + }; + dev_t i_rdev; + struct list_head i_devices; + }; + struct { + unsigned short i_bytes; + blkcnt_t i_blocks; + }; }; __u32 i_generation; Index: linux-2.6.17-mm5/fs/stat.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.17-mm5.orig/fs/stat.c 2006-07-02 20:29:16.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.17-mm5/fs/stat.c 2006-07-02 20:29:52.000000000 -0400 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stat->mtime = inode->i_mtime; stat->ctime = inode->i_ctime; stat->size = i_size_read(inode); - stat->blocks = inode->i_blocks; + stat->blocks = S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ? inode->i_blocks : 0; stat->blksize = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE; } --