diff --git a/fs/coda/cnode.c b/fs/coda/cnode.c
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+/* cnode related routines for the coda kernel code
+   (C) 1996 Peter Braam
+   */
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+
+#include <linux/coda.h>
+#include <linux/coda_linux.h>
+#include <linux/coda_fs_i.h>
+#include <linux/coda_psdev.h>
+
+static inline int coda_fideq(struct CodaFid *fid1, struct CodaFid *fid2)
+{
+	return memcmp(fid1, fid2, sizeof(*fid1)) == 0;
+}
+
+static struct inode_operations coda_symlink_inode_operations = {
+	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
+	.follow_link	= page_follow_link_light,
+	.put_link	= page_put_link,
+	.setattr	= coda_setattr,
+};
+
+/* cnode.c */
+static void coda_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct coda_vattr *attr)
+{
+        coda_vattr_to_iattr(inode, attr);
+
+        if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+                inode->i_op = &coda_file_inode_operations;
+                inode->i_fop = &coda_file_operations;
+        } else if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+                inode->i_op = &coda_dir_inode_operations;
+                inode->i_fop = &coda_dir_operations;
+        } else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
+		inode->i_op = &coda_symlink_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_data.a_ops = &coda_symlink_aops;
+		inode->i_mapping = &inode->i_data;
+	} else
+                init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, huge_decode_dev(attr->va_rdev));
+}
+
+static int coda_test_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data)
+{
+	struct CodaFid *fid = (struct CodaFid *)data;
+	return coda_fideq(&(ITOC(inode)->c_fid), fid);
+}
+
+static int coda_set_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data)
+{
+	struct CodaFid *fid = (struct CodaFid *)data;
+	ITOC(inode)->c_fid = *fid;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int coda_fail_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+
+struct inode * coda_iget(struct super_block * sb, struct CodaFid * fid,
+			 struct coda_vattr * attr)
+{
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct coda_inode_info *cii;
+	unsigned long hash = coda_f2i(fid);
+
+	inode = iget5_locked(sb, hash, coda_test_inode, coda_set_inode, fid);
+
+	if (!inode)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	if (inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
+		cii = ITOC(inode);
+		/* we still need to set i_ino for things like stat(2) */
+		inode->i_ino = hash;
+		cii->c_mapcount = 0;
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	}
+
+	/* always replace the attributes, type might have changed */
+	coda_fill_inode(inode, attr);
+	return inode;
+}
+
+/* this is effectively coda_iget:
+   - get attributes (might be cached)
+   - get the inode for the fid using vfs iget
+   - link the two up if this is needed
+   - fill in the attributes
+*/
+int coda_cnode_make(struct inode **inode, struct CodaFid *fid, struct super_block *sb)
+{
+        struct coda_vattr attr;
+        int error;
+        
+	/* We get inode numbers from Venus -- see venus source */
+	error = venus_getattr(sb, fid, &attr);
+	if ( error ) {
+	    *inode = NULL;
+	    return error;
+	} 
+
+	*inode = coda_iget(sb, fid, &attr);
+	if ( IS_ERR(*inode) ) {
+		printk("coda_cnode_make: coda_iget failed\n");
+                return PTR_ERR(*inode);
+        }
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+void coda_replace_fid(struct inode *inode, struct CodaFid *oldfid, 
+		      struct CodaFid *newfid)
+{
+	struct coda_inode_info *cii;
+	unsigned long hash = coda_f2i(newfid);
+	
+	cii = ITOC(inode);
+
+	if (!coda_fideq(&cii->c_fid, oldfid))
+		BUG();
+
+	/* replace fid and rehash inode */
+	/* XXX we probably need to hold some lock here! */
+	remove_inode_hash(inode);
+	cii->c_fid = *newfid;
+	inode->i_ino = hash;
+	__insert_inode_hash(inode, hash);
+}
+
+/* convert a fid to an inode. */
+struct inode *coda_fid_to_inode(struct CodaFid *fid, struct super_block *sb) 
+{
+	struct inode *inode;
+	unsigned long hash = coda_f2i(fid);
+
+	if ( !sb ) {
+		printk("coda_fid_to_inode: no sb!\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	inode = iget5_locked(sb, hash, coda_test_inode, coda_fail_inode, fid);
+	if ( !inode )
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* we should never see newly created inodes because we intentionally
+	 * fail in the initialization callback */
+	BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_NEW);
+
+	return inode;
+}
+
+/* the CONTROL inode is made without asking attributes from Venus */
+int coda_cnode_makectl(struct inode **inode, struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	int error = -ENOMEM;
+
+	*inode = new_inode(sb);
+	if (*inode) {
+		(*inode)->i_ino = CTL_INO;
+		(*inode)->i_op = &coda_ioctl_inode_operations;
+		(*inode)->i_fop = &coda_ioctl_operations;
+		(*inode)->i_mode = 0444;
+		error = 0;
+	}
+
+	return error;
+}
+