Almost all (== all filesystem and then some) callers of
get_empty_inode() follow it with
        inode->i_sb = some_sb;
        inode->i_dev = some_sb->s_dev;
Some of them do it twice for no good reason (assign the same value,
even though neither ->i_sb nor ->i_dev could change in interval).
Some of them duplicate the initializations already done by get_empty_inode()
(e.g. ->i_size to 0, ->i_nlink to 1, etc.).

        Patch below adds an inlined function
struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *sb)
{
        struct inode *inode = get_empty_inode();
        if (inode) {
                inode->i_sb = sb;
                inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        }
        return inode;
}
and converts the aforementioned callers of get_empty_inode() to new_inode().
It also removes duplicate initializations. fs/ntfs/inode.c:new_inode() had
been renamed to ntfs_new_inode() to avoid (the only) name conflict.
Could you apply it?
                                                        Cheers,
                                                                Al
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/adfs/inode.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/adfs/inode.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/adfs/inode.c   Wed Oct  4 03:44:52 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/adfs/inode.c    Tue Nov 14 22:18:47 2000
@@ -245,13 +245,11 @@
 {
        struct inode *inode;
 
-       inode = get_empty_inode();
+       inode = new_inode(sb);
        if (!inode)
                goto out;
 
        inode->i_version = ++event;
-       inode->i_sb      = sb;
-       inode->i_dev     = sb->s_dev;
        inode->i_uid     = sb->u.adfs_sb.s_uid;
        inode->i_gid     = sb->u.adfs_sb.s_gid;
        inode->i_ino     = obj->file_id;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/affs/inode.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/affs/inode.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/affs/inode.c   Tue Sep 12 09:10:34 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/affs/inode.c    Tue Nov 14 22:18:20 2000
@@ -306,18 +306,19 @@
        struct super_block      *sb;
        s32                      block;
 
-       if (!dir || !(inode = get_empty_inode()))
+       if (!dir)
                return NULL;
 
        sb = dir->i_sb;
-       inode->i_sb    = sb;
+       inode = new_inode(sb);
+       if (!inode)
+               return NULL;
 
        if (!(block = affs_new_header((struct inode *)dir))) {
                iput(inode);
                return NULL;
        }
 
-       inode->i_dev     = sb->s_dev;
        inode->i_uid     = current->fsuid;
        inode->i_gid     = current->fsgid;
        inode->i_ino     = block;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/autofs4/inode.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/autofs4/inode.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/autofs4/inode.c        Thu Apr 27 22:09:53 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/autofs4/inode.c Tue Nov 14 22:17:29 2000
@@ -292,14 +292,12 @@
 struct inode *autofs4_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
                                struct autofs_info *inf)
 {
-       struct inode *inode = get_empty_inode();
+       struct inode *inode = new_inode(sb);
 
        if (inode == NULL)
                return NULL;
 
        inf->inode = inode;
-       inode->i_sb = sb;
-       inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        inode->i_mode = inf->mode;
        if (sb->s_root) {
                inode->i_uid = sb->s_root->d_inode->i_uid;
@@ -308,13 +306,9 @@
                inode->i_uid = 0;
                inode->i_gid = 0;
        }
-       inode->i_size = 0;
        inode->i_blksize = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
        inode->i_blocks = 0;
        inode->i_rdev = 0;
-       inode->i_nlink = 1;
-       inode->i_op = NULL;
-       inode->i_fop = NULL;
        inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
        if (S_ISDIR(inf->mode)) {
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/bfs/dir.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/bfs/dir.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/bfs/dir.c      Thu Nov  2 22:38:56 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/bfs/dir.c       Tue Nov 14 22:14:34 2000
@@ -80,10 +80,9 @@
        struct super_block * s = dir->i_sb;
        unsigned long ino;
 
-       inode = get_empty_inode();
+       inode = new_inode(s);
        if (!inode)
                return -ENOSPC;
-       inode->i_sb = s;
        ino = find_first_zero_bit(s->su_imap, s->su_lasti);
        if (ino > s->su_lasti) {
                iput(inode);
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@
        }
        set_bit(ino, s->su_imap);       
        s->su_freei--;
-       inode->i_dev = s->s_dev;
        inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
        inode->i_gid = (dir->i_mode & S_ISGID) ? dir->i_gid : current->fsgid;
        inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/cramfs/inode.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/cramfs/inode.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/cramfs/inode.c Thu Nov  2 22:38:56 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/cramfs/inode.c  Tue Nov 14 22:13:12 2000
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 static struct inode *get_cramfs_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct cramfs_inode * 
cramfs_inode)
 {
-       struct inode * inode = get_empty_inode();
+       struct inode * inode = new_inode(sb);
 
        if (inode) {
                inode->i_mode = cramfs_inode->mode;
@@ -42,14 +42,10 @@
                inode->i_size = cramfs_inode->size;
                inode->i_gid = cramfs_inode->gid;
                inode->i_ino = CRAMINO(cramfs_inode);
-               inode->i_sb = sb;
-               inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
-               inode->i_nlink = 1; /* arguably wrong for directories,
-                                      but it's the best we can do
-                                      without reading the directory
-                                      contents.  1 yields the right
-                                      result in GNU find, even
-                                      without -noleaf option. */
+               /* inode->i_nlink is left 1 - arguably wrong for directories,
+                  but it's the best we can do without reading the directory
+                  contents.  1 yields the right result in GNU find, even
+                  without -noleaf option. */
                insert_inode_hash(inode);
                if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
                        inode->i_fop = &generic_ro_fops;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/devpts/inode.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/devpts/inode.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/devpts/inode.c Thu Jul 27 09:35:58 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/devpts/inode.c  Tue Nov 14 22:13:54 2000
@@ -140,14 +140,11 @@
                goto fail_free;
        }
 
-       inode = get_empty_inode();
+       inode = new_inode(s);
        if (!inode)
                goto fail_free;
-       inode->i_sb = s;
-       inode->i_dev = s->s_dev;
        inode->i_ino = 1;
        inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
-       inode->i_size = 0;
        inode->i_blocks = 0;
        inode->i_blksize = 1024;
        inode->i_uid = inode->i_gid = 0;
@@ -192,11 +189,9 @@
        if ( sbi->inodes[number] )
                return; /* Already registered, this does happen */
                
-       inode = get_empty_inode();
+       inode = new_inode(sb);
        if (!inode)
                return;
-       inode->i_sb = sb;
-       inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        inode->i_ino = number+2;
        inode->i_blocks = 0;
        inode->i_blksize = 1024;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/ext2/ialloc.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/ext2/ialloc.c  Wed Oct  4 03:44:54 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/ext2/ialloc.c   Tue Nov 14 22:06:08 2000
@@ -274,15 +274,13 @@
                return NULL;
        }
 
-       inode = get_empty_inode ();
+       sb = dir->i_sb;
+       inode = new_inode(sb);
        if (!inode) {
                *err = -ENOMEM;
                return NULL;
        }
 
-       sb = dir->i_sb;
-       inode->i_sb = sb;
-       inode->i_flags = 0;
        lock_super (sb);
        es = sb->u.ext2_sb.s_es;
 repeat:
@@ -430,9 +428,6 @@
        mark_buffer_dirty(sb->u.ext2_sb.s_sbh);
        sb->s_dirt = 1;
        inode->i_mode = mode;
-       inode->i_sb = sb;
-       inode->i_nlink = 1;
-       inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
        if (test_opt (sb, GRPID))
                inode->i_gid = dir->i_gid;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/fat/inode.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/fat/inode.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/fat/inode.c    Tue Sep 12 09:10:37 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/fat/inode.c     Tue Nov 14 22:15:24 2000
@@ -138,13 +138,11 @@
        inode = fat_iget(sb, ino);
        if (inode)
                goto out;
-       inode = get_empty_inode();
+       inode = new_inode(sb);
        *res = -ENOMEM;
        if (!inode)
                goto out;
        *res = 0;
-       inode->i_sb = sb;
-       inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        inode->i_ino = iunique(sb, MSDOS_ROOT_INO);
        fat_fill_inode(inode, de);
        fat_attach(inode, ino);
@@ -658,11 +656,9 @@
        if (! sbi->nls_io)
                sbi->nls_io = load_nls_default();
 
-       root_inode=get_empty_inode();
+       root_inode=new_inode(sb);
        if (!root_inode)
                goto out_unload_nls;
-       root_inode->i_sb = sb;
-       root_inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        root_inode->i_ino = MSDOS_ROOT_INO;
        fat_read_root(root_inode);
        insert_inode_hash(root_inode);
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c       Tue Sep 12 09:10:39 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c        Thu Nov 16 08:37:00 2000
@@ -327,17 +327,15 @@
        struct inode * inode;
        struct jffs_control *c;
 
-       inode = get_empty_inode();
+       sb = dir->i_sb;
+       inode = new_inode(sb);
        if (!inode) {
                *err = -ENOMEM;
                return NULL;
        }
 
-       sb = dir->i_sb;
        c = (struct jffs_control *)sb->u.generic_sbp;
 
-       inode->i_sb = sb;
-       inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        inode->i_ino = raw_inode->ino;
        inode->i_mode = raw_inode->mode;
        inode->i_nlink = raw_inode->nlink;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/minix/bitmap.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/minix/bitmap.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/minix/bitmap.c Thu Nov  2 22:38:58 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/minix/bitmap.c  Tue Nov 14 22:08:39 2000
@@ -224,14 +224,12 @@
        struct buffer_head * bh;
        int i,j;
 
-       inode = get_empty_inode();
+       sb = dir->i_sb;
+       inode = new_inode(sb);
        if (!inode) {
                *error = -ENOMEM;
                return NULL;
        }
-       sb = dir->i_sb;
-       inode->i_sb = sb;
-       inode->i_flags = 0;
        j = 8192;
        bh = NULL;
        *error = -ENOSPC;
@@ -259,8 +257,6 @@
                unlock_super(sb);
                return NULL;
        }
-       inode->i_nlink = 1;
-       inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
        inode->i_gid = (dir->i_mode & S_ISGID) ? dir->i_gid : current->fsgid;
        inode->i_ino = j;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/ncpfs/inode.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/ncpfs/inode.c  Sat Jul 29 12:19:48 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/ncpfs/inode.c   Thu Nov 16 08:37:22 2000
@@ -214,13 +214,11 @@
                return NULL;
        }
 
-       inode = get_empty_inode();
+       inode = new_inode(sb);
        if (inode) {
                init_MUTEX(&NCP_FINFO(inode)->open_sem);
                atomic_set(&NCP_FINFO(inode)->opened, info->opened);
 
-               inode->i_sb = sb;
-               inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
                inode->i_ino = info->ino;
                ncp_set_attr(inode, info);
                if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/nfs/inode.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/nfs/inode.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/nfs/inode.c    Wed Oct  4 03:44:56 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/nfs/inode.c     Thu Nov 16 08:37:44 2000
@@ -720,11 +720,9 @@
        if ((dentry->d_parent->d_inode->u.nfs_i.flags & NFS_IS_SNAPSHOT) ||
            (dentry->d_name.len == 9 &&
             memcmp(dentry->d_name.name, ".snapshot", 9) == 0)) {
-               struct inode *inode = get_empty_inode();
+               struct inode *inode = new_inode(sb);
                if (!inode)
-                       goto out;       
-               inode->i_sb = sb;
-               inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
+                       goto out;
                inode->i_flags = 0;
                inode->i_ino = nfs_fattr_to_ino_t(fattr);
                nfs_read_inode(inode);
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/ntfs/fs.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/ntfs/fs.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/ntfs/fs.c      Thu Nov  2 22:38:59 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/ntfs/fs.c       Thu Nov 16 08:38:51 2000
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
        int error=0;
        ntfs_attribute *si;
 
-       r=get_empty_inode();
+       r=new_inode(dir->i_sb);
        if(!r){
                error=ENOMEM;
                goto fail;
@@ -456,8 +456,6 @@
 
        r->i_uid=vol->uid;
        r->i_gid=vol->gid;
-       r->i_nlink=1;
-       r->i_sb=dir->i_sb;
        /* FIXME: dirty? dev? */
        /* get the file modification times from the standard information */
        si=ntfs_find_attr(ino,vol->at_standard_information,NULL);
@@ -502,7 +500,7 @@
                goto out;
 
        error = EIO;
-       r = get_empty_inode();
+       r = new_inode(dir->i_sb);
        if (!r)
                goto out;
        
@@ -522,8 +520,6 @@
                goto out;
        r->i_uid = vol->uid;
        r->i_gid = vol->gid;
-       r->i_nlink = 1;
-       r->i_sb = dir->i_sb;
        si = ntfs_find_attr(ino,vol->at_standard_information,NULL);
        if(si){
                char *attr = si->d.data;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/pipe.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/pipe.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/pipe.c Thu Nov  2 22:38:59 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/pipe.c  Thu Nov 16 08:44:01 2000
@@ -608,14 +608,12 @@
 
 static struct super_block * pipefs_read_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int 
silent)
 {
-       struct inode *root = get_empty_inode();
+       struct inode *root = new_inode(sb);
        if (!root)
                return NULL;
        root->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
        root->i_uid = root->i_gid = 0;
        root->i_atime = root->i_mtime = root->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
-       root->i_sb = sb;
-       root->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        sb->s_blocksize = 1024;
        sb->s_blocksize_bits = 10;
        sb->s_magic = PIPEFS_MAGIC;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/proc/base.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/proc/base.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/proc/base.c    Tue Nov 14 20:26:38 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/proc/base.c     Thu Nov 16 08:39:27 2000
@@ -626,14 +626,12 @@
 
        /* We need a new inode */
        
-       inode = get_empty_inode();
+       inode = new_inode(sb);
        if (!inode)
                goto out;
 
        /* Common stuff */
 
-       inode->i_sb = sb;
-       inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
        inode->i_ino = fake_ino(task->pid, ino);
 
@@ -918,11 +916,9 @@
        name = dentry->d_name.name;
        len = dentry->d_name.len;
        if (len == 4 && !memcmp(name, "self", 4)) {
-               inode = get_empty_inode();
+               inode = new_inode(dir->i_sb);
                if (!inode)
                        return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-               inode->i_sb = dir->i_sb;
-               inode->i_dev = dir->i_sb->s_dev;
                inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
                inode->i_ino = fake_ino(0, PROC_PID_INO);
                inode->u.proc_i.file = NULL;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/ramfs/inode.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/ramfs/inode.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/ramfs/inode.c  Tue Nov 14 20:26:38 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/ramfs/inode.c   Tue Nov 14 22:11:37 2000
@@ -109,21 +109,15 @@
 
 struct inode *ramfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode, int dev)
 {
-       struct inode * inode = get_empty_inode();
+       struct inode * inode = new_inode(sb);
 
        if (inode) {
-               inode->i_sb = sb;
-               inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
                inode->i_mode = mode;
                inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
                inode->i_gid = current->fsgid;
-               inode->i_size = 0;
                inode->i_blksize = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
                inode->i_blocks = 0;
                inode->i_rdev = to_kdev_t(dev);
-               inode->i_nlink = 1;
-               inode->i_op = NULL;
-               inode->i_fop = NULL;
                inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ramfs_aops;
                inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
                switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/smbfs/inode.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/smbfs/inode.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/smbfs/inode.c  Wed Oct  4 03:44:58 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/smbfs/inode.c   Thu Nov 16 08:39:45 2000
@@ -78,11 +78,9 @@
 
        DEBUG1("smb_iget: %p\n", fattr);
 
-       result = get_empty_inode();
+       result = new_inode(sb);
        if (!result)
                return result;
-       result->i_sb = sb;
-       result->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        result->i_ino = fattr->f_ino;
        memset(&(result->u.smbfs_i), 0, sizeof(result->u.smbfs_i));
        smb_set_inode_attr(result, fattr);
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/sysv/ialloc.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/sysv/ialloc.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/sysv/ialloc.c  Tue Sep 12 09:10:44 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/sysv/ialloc.c   Tue Nov 14 22:10:03 2000
@@ -91,10 +91,12 @@
        struct sysv_inode * raw_inode;
        int i,j,ino,block;
 
-       if (!dir || !(inode = get_empty_inode()))
+       if (!dir)
                return NULL;
        sb = dir->i_sb;
-       inode->i_sb = sb;
+       inode = new_inode(sb);
+       if (!inode)
+               return NULL;
        lock_super(sb);         /* protect against task switches */
        if ((*sb->sv_sb_fic_count == 0)
            || (*sv_sb_fic_inode(sb,(*sb->sv_sb_fic_count)-1) == 0) /* Applies only to 
SystemV2 FS */
@@ -131,7 +133,6 @@
        mark_buffer_dirty(sb->sv_bh1); /* super-block has been modified */
        if (sb->sv_bh1 != sb->sv_bh2) mark_buffer_dirty(sb->sv_bh2);
        sb->s_dirt = 1; /* and needs time stamp */
-       inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
        inode->i_gid = (dir->i_mode & S_ISGID) ? dir->i_gid : current->fsgid;
        inode->i_ino = ino;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/udf/ialloc.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/udf/ialloc.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/udf/ialloc.c   Wed Oct  4 03:44:58 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/udf/ialloc.c    Thu Nov 16 08:40:27 2000
@@ -77,14 +77,13 @@
        int block;
        Uint32 start = UDF_I_LOCATION(dir).logicalBlockNum;
 
-       inode = get_empty_inode();
+       sb = dir->i_sb;
+       inode = new_inode(sb);
        if (!inode)
        {
                *err = -ENOMEM;
                return NULL;
        }
-       sb = dir->i_sb;
-       inode->i_sb = sb;
        inode->i_flags = 0;
        *err = -ENOSPC;
 
@@ -115,9 +114,6 @@
                mark_buffer_dirty(UDF_SB_LVIDBH(sb));
        }
        inode->i_mode = mode;
-       inode->i_sb = sb;
-       inode->i_nlink = 1;
-       inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
        if (dir->i_mode & S_ISGID) {
                inode->i_gid = dir->i_gid;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/fs/ufs/ialloc.c rc11-5-new_inode/fs/ufs/ialloc.c
--- rc11-pre5/fs/ufs/ialloc.c   Wed Oct  4 03:44:58 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/fs/ufs/ialloc.c    Tue Nov 14 22:07:43 2000
@@ -161,19 +161,16 @@
                *err = -EPERM;
                return NULL;
        }
-       inode = get_empty_inode ();
+       sb = dir->i_sb;
+       inode = new_inode(sb);
        if (!inode) {
                *err = -ENOMEM;
                return NULL;
        }
-       sb = dir->i_sb;
        swab = sb->u.ufs_sb.s_swab;
        uspi = sb->u.ufs_sb.s_uspi;
        usb1 = ubh_get_usb_first(USPI_UBH);
 
-       inode->i_sb = sb;
-       inode->i_flags = 0;
-       
        lock_super (sb);
 
        *err = -ENOSPC;
@@ -261,9 +258,6 @@
        sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
        inode->i_mode = mode;
-       inode->i_sb = sb;
-       inode->i_nlink = 1;
-       inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
        if (dir->i_mode & S_ISGID) {
                inode->i_gid = dir->i_gid;
diff -urN rc11-pre5/include/linux/fs.h rc11-5-new_inode/include/linux/fs.h
--- rc11-pre5/include/linux/fs.h        Tue Nov 14 20:26:43 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/include/linux/fs.h Tue Nov 14 22:01:11 2000
@@ -1149,6 +1149,15 @@
 
 extern void clear_inode(struct inode *);
 extern struct inode * get_empty_inode(void);
+static inline struct inode * new_inode(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+       struct inode *inode = get_empty_inode();
+       if (inode) {
+               inode->i_sb = sb;
+               inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
+       }
+       return inode;
+}
 
 extern void insert_inode_hash(struct inode *);
 extern void remove_inode_hash(struct inode *);
diff -urN rc11-pre5/net/socket.c rc11-5-new_inode/net/socket.c
--- rc11-pre5/net/socket.c      Thu Nov  2 22:39:11 2000
+++ rc11-5-new_inode/net/socket.c       Thu Nov 16 08:47:01 2000
@@ -277,14 +277,12 @@
 
 static struct super_block * sockfs_read_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int 
silent)
 {
-       struct inode *root = get_empty_inode();
+       struct inode *root = new_inode(sb);
        if (!root)
                return NULL;
        root->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
        root->i_uid = root->i_gid = 0;
        root->i_atime = root->i_mtime = root->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
-       root->i_sb = sb;
-       root->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
        sb->s_blocksize = 1024;
        sb->s_blocksize_bits = 10;
        sb->s_magic = SOCKFS_MAGIC;

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