diff --git a/fs/afs/misc.c b/fs/afs/misc.c
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+/* misc.c: miscellaneous bits
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include "errors.h"
+#include "internal.h"
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * convert an AFS abort code to a Linux error number
+ */
+int afs_abort_to_error(int abortcode)
+{
+	switch (abortcode) {
+	case VSALVAGE:		return -EIO;
+	case VNOVNODE:		return -ENOENT;
+	case VNOVOL:		return -ENXIO;
+	case VVOLEXISTS:	return -EEXIST;
+	case VNOSERVICE:	return -EIO;
+	case VOFFLINE:		return -ENOENT;
+	case VONLINE:		return -EEXIST;
+	case VDISKFULL:		return -ENOSPC;
+	case VOVERQUOTA:	return -EDQUOT;
+	case VBUSY:		return -EBUSY;
+	case VMOVED:		return -ENXIO;
+	default:		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+} /* end afs_abort_to_error() */