fl_owner_t is a cookie that can store all kinds of different pointers, so don't pretends it points to a file structure. For now just change the typedef, but as a follow on this will allow to get rids of lots of casts and eventually the typedef itself. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- include/linux/fs.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 7ae6f48..dabd5e4 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ static inline struct file *get_file(struct file *f) * * Lockd stuffs a "host" pointer into this. */ -typedef struct files_struct *fl_owner_t; +typedef void *fl_owner_t; struct file_lock_operations { void (*fl_copy_lock)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html