Merge with 2.4.0-test1-ac21 + pile of MIPS cleanups to make merging

possible.  Chainsawed RM200 kernel to compile again.  Jazz machine
status unknown.

1 files changed, 175 insertions, 167 deletions

diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 83f7bbcc5..0faf29663 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -48,11 +48,15 @@ static int coda_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *de, int);
 static int coda_dentry_delete(struct dentry *);
 
 /* support routines */
+static void coda_prepare_fakefile(struct inode *coda_inode,
+		                  struct file *coda_file, 
+				  struct inode *open_inode,
+				  struct file *open_file,
+				  struct dentry *open_dentry);
 static int coda_venus_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, 
 			      filldir_t filldir);
-int coda_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *dentry);
+int coda_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *dentry, int);
 
-int coda_crossvol_rename = 0;
 int coda_hasmknod = 0;
 
 struct dentry_operations coda_dentry_operations =
@@ -90,38 +94,36 @@ struct file_operations coda_dir_operations = {
 /* acces routines: lookup, readlink, permission */
 static struct dentry *coda_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry)
 {
-        struct coda_inode_info *dircnp;
 	struct inode *res_inode = NULL;
-	struct ViceFid resfid;
+	struct ViceFid resfid = {0,0,0};
 	int dropme = 0; /* to indicate entry should not be cached */
-	int type;
+	int type = 0;
 	int error = 0;
 	const char *name = entry->d_name.name;
 	size_t length = entry->d_name.len;
 	
         ENTRY;
 
-	dircnp = ITOC(dir);
-
 	if ( length > CODA_MAXNAMLEN ) {
 	        printk("name too long: lookup, %s (%*s)\n", 
-		       coda_f2s(&dircnp->c_fid), (int)length, name);
+		       coda_i2s(dir), (int)length, name);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
 	}
 
         CDEBUG(D_INODE, "name %s, len %ld in ino %ld, fid %s\n", 
-	       name, (long)length, dir->i_ino, coda_f2s(&dircnp->c_fid));
+	       name, (long)length, dir->i_ino, coda_i2s(dir));
 
         /* control object, create inode on the fly */
         if (coda_isroot(dir) && coda_iscontrol(name, length)) {
 	        error = coda_cnode_makectl(&res_inode, dir->i_sb);
 		CDEBUG(D_SPECIAL, 
 		       "Lookup on CTL object; dir ino %ld, count %d\n", 
-		       dir->i_ino, dir->i_count);
+		       dir->i_ino, atomic_read(&dir->i_count));
+		dropme = 1;
                 goto exit;
         }
 
-        error = venus_lookup(dir->i_sb, &(dircnp->c_fid), 
+	error = venus_lookup(dir->i_sb, coda_i2f(dir), 
 			     (const char *)name, length, &type, &resfid);
 
 	res_inode = NULL;
@@ -132,12 +134,17 @@ static struct dentry *coda_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry)
 			       coda_f2s(&resfid));
 			dropme = 1;
 		}
+
 	    	error = coda_cnode_make(&res_inode, &resfid, dir->i_sb);
-		if (error)
-			return ERR_PTR(error);
+		if (error) return ERR_PTR(error);
+
+		/* make sure we drop unexpected weird fid's */
+		if (coda_f2i(&resfid) != res_inode->i_ino &&
+		    !coda_fid_is_weird(&resfid))
+			dropme = 1;
 	} else if (error != -ENOENT) {
 	        CDEBUG(D_INODE, "error for %s(%*s)%d\n",
-		       coda_f2s(&dircnp->c_fid), (int)length, name, error);
+		       coda_i2s(dir), (int)length, name, error);
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 	}
 	CDEBUG(D_INODE, "lookup: %s is (%s), type %d result %d, dropme %d\n",
@@ -149,7 +156,7 @@ exit:
 	d_add(entry, res_inode);
 	if ( dropme ) {
 		d_drop(entry);
-		ITOC(res_inode)->c_flags |= C_VATTR;
+		coda_flag_inode(res_inode, C_VATTR);
 	}
         EXIT;
         return NULL;
@@ -158,16 +165,14 @@ exit:
 
 int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
-        struct coda_inode_info *cp = ITOC(inode);
         int error;
  
         ENTRY;
 	coda_vfs_stat.permission++;
 	coda_permission_stat.count++;
 
-        if ( mask == 0 ) {
+        if ( mask == 0 )
                 return 0;
-        }
 
 	if ( coda_access_cache == 1 ) {
 		if ( coda_cache_check(inode, mask) ) {
@@ -176,28 +181,39 @@ int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		}
 	}
 
-        cp = ITOC(inode);
-
         CDEBUG(D_INODE, "mask is %o\n", mask);
-        error = venus_access(inode->i_sb, &(cp->c_fid), mask);
+        error = venus_access(inode->i_sb, coda_i2f(inode), mask);
     
         CDEBUG(D_INODE, "fid: %s, ino: %ld (mask: %o) error: %d\n", 
-	       coda_f2s(&(cp->c_fid)), inode->i_ino, mask, error);
+	       coda_i2s(inode), inode->i_ino, mask, error);
 
-	if ( error == 0 ) {
+	if (!error)
 		coda_cache_enter(inode, mask);
-	}
 
         return error; 
 }
 
 
-/* creation routines: create, mknod, mkdir, link, symlink */
+static inline void coda_dir_changed(struct inode *dir, int link)
+{
+#ifdef REQUERY_VENUS_FOR_MTIME
+	/* invalidate the directory cnode's attributes so we refetch the
+	 * attributes from venus next time the inode is referenced */
+	coda_flag_inode(dir, C_VATTR);
+#else
+	/* optimistically we can also act as if our nose bleeds. The
+         * granularity of the mtime is coarse anyways so we might actually be
+         * right most of the time. Note: we only do this for directories. */
+	dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
+#endif
+	if (link)
+		dir->i_nlink += link;
+}
 
+/* creation routines: create, mknod, mkdir, link, symlink */
 static int coda_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de, int mode)
 {
         int error=0;
-        struct coda_inode_info *dircnp;
 	const char *name=de->d_name.name;
 	int length=de->d_name.len;
 	struct inode *result = NULL;
@@ -207,14 +223,12 @@ static int coda_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de, int mode)
 	ENTRY;
 	coda_vfs_stat.create++;
 
-	CDEBUG(D_INODE, "name: %s, length %d, mode %o\n",name, length, mode);
+	CDEBUG(D_INODE, "name: %s, length %d, mode %o\n", name, length, mode);
 
 	if (coda_isroot(dir) && coda_iscontrol(name, length))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	dircnp = ITOC(dir);
-
-	error = venus_create(dir->i_sb, &(dircnp->c_fid), name, length, 
+	error = venus_create(dir->i_sb, coda_i2f(dir), name, length, 
 				0, mode, 0, &newfid, &attrs);
 
         if ( error ) {
@@ -232,15 +246,14 @@ static int coda_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de, int mode)
 	}
 
 	/* invalidate the directory cnode's attributes */
-	dircnp->c_flags |= C_VATTR;
+	coda_dir_changed(dir, 0);
 	d_instantiate(de, result);
         return 0;
-}			     
+}
 
 static int coda_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de, int mode, int rdev)
 {
         int error=0;
-        struct coda_inode_info *dircnp;
 	const char *name=de->d_name.name;
 	int length=de->d_name.len;
 	struct inode *result = NULL;
@@ -258,9 +271,7 @@ static int coda_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de, int mode, int rdev)
 	if (coda_isroot(dir) && coda_iscontrol(name, length))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	dircnp = ITOC(dir);
-
-	error = venus_create(dir->i_sb, &(dircnp->c_fid), name, length, 
+	error = venus_create(dir->i_sb, coda_i2f(dir), name, length, 
 				0, mode, rdev, &newfid, &attrs);
 
         if ( error ) {
@@ -278,14 +289,13 @@ static int coda_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de, int mode, int rdev)
 	}
 
 	/* invalidate the directory cnode's attributes */
-	dircnp->c_flags |= C_VATTR;
+	coda_dir_changed(dir, 0);
 	d_instantiate(de, result);
         return 0;
 }			     
 
 static int coda_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de, int mode)
 {
-        struct coda_inode_info *dircnp;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct coda_vattr attr;
 	const char *name = de->d_name.name;
@@ -299,13 +309,11 @@ static int coda_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de, int mode)
 	if (coda_isroot(dir) && coda_iscontrol(name, len))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-        dircnp = ITOC(dir);
-
 	CDEBUG(D_INODE, "mkdir %s (len %d) in %s, mode %o.\n", 
-	       name, len, coda_f2s(&(dircnp->c_fid)), mode);
+	       name, len, coda_i2s(dir), mode);
 
 	attr.va_mode = mode;
-	error = venus_mkdir(dir->i_sb, &(dircnp->c_fid), 
+	error = venus_mkdir(dir->i_sb, coda_i2f(dir), 
 			       name, len, &newfid, &attr);
         
         if ( error ) {
@@ -325,8 +333,7 @@ static int coda_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de, int mode)
 	}
 	
 	/* invalidate the directory cnode's attributes */
-	dircnp->c_flags |= C_VATTR;
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	coda_dir_changed(dir, 1);
 	d_instantiate(de, inode);
         return 0;
 }
@@ -338,7 +345,6 @@ static int coda_link(struct dentry *source_de, struct inode *dir_inode,
 	struct inode *inode = source_de->d_inode;
         const char * name = de->d_name.name;
 	int len = de->d_name.len;
-        struct coda_inode_info *dir_cnp, *cnp;
 	int error;
 
         ENTRY;
@@ -347,28 +353,26 @@ static int coda_link(struct dentry *source_de, struct inode *dir_inode,
 	if (coda_isroot(dir_inode) && coda_iscontrol(name, len))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-        dir_cnp = ITOC(dir_inode);
-        cnp = ITOC(inode);
-
-	CDEBUG(D_INODE, "old: fid: %s\n", coda_f2s(&(cnp->c_fid)));
-	CDEBUG(D_INODE, "directory: %s\n", coda_f2s(&(dir_cnp->c_fid)));
+	CDEBUG(D_INODE, "old: fid: %s\n", coda_i2s(inode));
+	CDEBUG(D_INODE, "directory: %s\n", coda_i2s(dir_inode));
 
-        error = venus_link(dir_inode->i_sb,&(cnp->c_fid), &(dir_cnp->c_fid), 
-			   (const char *)name, len);
+	error = venus_link(dir_inode->i_sb, coda_i2f(inode),
+			   coda_i2f(dir_inode), (const char *)name, len);
 
-	if (  ! error ) { 
-		dir_cnp->c_flags |= C_VATTR;
-		++inode->i_count;
-		d_instantiate(de, inode);
-		inode->i_nlink++;
-	} else  {
+	if (error) { 
 		d_drop(de);
-		return error;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-        CDEBUG(D_INODE, "link result %d\n",error);
+	coda_dir_changed(dir_inode, 0);
+	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
+	d_instantiate(de, inode);
+	inode->i_nlink++;
+        
+out:
+	CDEBUG(D_INODE, "link result %d\n",error);
 	EXIT;
-        return(error);
+	return(error);
 }
 
 
@@ -377,7 +381,6 @@ static int coda_symlink(struct inode *dir_inode, struct dentry *de,
 {
         const char *name = de->d_name.name;
 	int len = de->d_name.len;
-        struct coda_inode_info *dir_cnp = ITOC(dir_inode);
 	int symlen;
         int error=0;
         
@@ -398,13 +401,12 @@ static int coda_symlink(struct inode *dir_inode, struct dentry *de,
 	 * an inode for the entry we have to drop it. 
 	 */
 	d_drop(de);
-	error = venus_symlink(dir_inode->i_sb, &(dir_cnp->c_fid), name, len, 
+	error = venus_symlink(dir_inode->i_sb, coda_i2f(dir_inode), name, len, 
 			      symname, symlen);
 
 	/* mtime is no good anymore */
-	if ( !error ) {
-		dir_cnp->c_flags |= C_VATTR;
-	}
+	if ( !error )
+		coda_dir_changed(dir_inode, 0);
 
         CDEBUG(D_INODE, "in symlink result %d\n",error);
         EXIT;
@@ -414,7 +416,6 @@ static int coda_symlink(struct inode *dir_inode, struct dentry *de,
 /* destruction routines: unlink, rmdir */
 int coda_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de)
 {
-        struct coda_inode_info *dircnp = ITOC(dir);
         int error;
 	const char *name = de->d_name.name;
 	int len = de->d_name.len;
@@ -423,16 +424,15 @@ int coda_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de)
 	coda_vfs_stat.unlink++;
 
         CDEBUG(D_INODE, " %s in %s, dirino %ld\n", name , 
-	       coda_f2s(&(dircnp->c_fid)), dir->i_ino);
+	       coda_i2s(dir), dir->i_ino);
 
-        error = venus_remove(dir->i_sb, &(dircnp->c_fid), name, len);
+        error = venus_remove(dir->i_sb, coda_i2f(dir), name, len);
         if ( error ) {
                 CDEBUG(D_INODE, "upc returned error %d\n", error);
                 return error;
         }
 
-        /* cache management: mtime has changed, ask Venus */
-	dircnp->c_flags |= C_VATTR;
+	coda_dir_changed(dir, 0);
 	de->d_inode->i_nlink--;
 
         return 0;
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ int coda_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de)
 
 int coda_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de)
 {
-        struct coda_inode_info *dircnp;
 	const char *name = de->d_name.name;
 	int len = de->d_name.len;
         int error;
@@ -448,19 +447,18 @@ int coda_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de)
 	ENTRY;
 	coda_vfs_stat.rmdir++;
 
-        dircnp = ITOC(dir);
-
 	if (!d_unhashed(de))
 		return -EBUSY;
-	error = venus_rmdir(dir->i_sb, &(dircnp->c_fid), name, len);
+	error = venus_rmdir(dir->i_sb, coda_i2f(dir), name, len);
 
         if ( error ) {
                 CDEBUG(D_INODE, "upc returned error %d\n", error);
                 return error;
         }
 
-	if (de->d_inode->i_nlink)
-		de->d_inode->i_nlink --;
+	coda_dir_changed(dir, -1);
+	de->d_inode->i_nlink--;
+	d_delete(de);
 
         return 0;
 }
@@ -473,43 +471,38 @@ static int coda_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
         const char *new_name = new_dentry->d_name.name;
 	int old_length = old_dentry->d_name.len;
 	int new_length = new_dentry->d_name.len;
-	struct inode *new_inode = new_dentry->d_inode;
-        struct coda_inode_info *new_cnp, *old_cnp;
         int error;
 
 	ENTRY;
 	coda_vfs_stat.rename++;
 
-        old_cnp = ITOC(old_dir);
-        new_cnp = ITOC(new_dir);
-
-        CDEBUG(D_INODE, "old: %s, (%d length, %ld strlen), new: %s"
-	       "(%d length, %ld strlen).old:d_count: %d, new:d_count: %d\n", 
-	       old_name, old_length, (long)strlen(old_name), new_name, new_length, 
-	       (long)strlen(new_name),old_dentry->d_count, new_dentry->d_count);
-
-	/* the C library will do unlink/create etc */
-	if ( coda_crossvol_rename == 0 && 
-	     old_cnp->c_fid.Volume != new_cnp->c_fid.Volume )
-		return -EXDEV;
+        CDEBUG(D_INODE, "old: %s, (%d length), new: %s"
+	       "(%d length). old:d_count: %d, new:d_count: %d\n", 
+	       old_name, old_length, new_name, new_length,
+	       old_dentry->d_count, new_dentry->d_count);
 
-        error = venus_rename(old_dir->i_sb, &(old_cnp->c_fid), 
-			     &(new_cnp->c_fid), old_length, new_length, 
+        error = venus_rename(old_dir->i_sb, coda_i2f(old_dir), 
+			     coda_i2f(new_dir), old_length, new_length, 
 			     (const char *) old_name, (const char *)new_name);
 
-        if ( error ) {
-                CDEBUG(D_INODE, "returned error %d\n", error);
-                return error;
-        }
+        if ( !error ) {
+		if ( new_dentry->d_inode ) {
+			if ( S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode) ) {
+				old_dir->i_nlink--;
+				new_dir->i_nlink++;
+			}
+			coda_flag_inode(new_dentry->d_inode, C_VATTR);
+		}
 
-	coda_flag_inode(new_inode, C_VATTR);
-	coda_flag_inode(old_dir, C_VATTR);
-	coda_flag_inode(new_dir, C_VATTR);
+		/* coda_flag_inode(old_dir, C_VATTR); */
+		/* coda_flag_inode(new_dir, C_VATTR); */
+		old_dir->i_mtime = new_dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
+	}
 
 	CDEBUG(D_INODE, "result %d\n", error); 
 
 	EXIT;
-	return 0;
+	return error;
 }
 
 
@@ -517,43 +510,70 @@ static int coda_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 int coda_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent,  filldir_t filldir)
 {
         int result = 0;
-        struct coda_inode_info *cnp;
         struct file open_file;
 	struct dentry open_dentry;
-	struct inode *inode=file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode=file->f_dentry->d_inode, *container;
 
         ENTRY;
 	coda_vfs_stat.readdir++;
 
-        cnp = ITOC(inode);
-        if ( !cnp->c_ovp ) {
-                CDEBUG(D_FILE, "open inode pointer = NULL.\n");
+        if ( inode->i_mapping == &inode->i_data ) {
+                CDEBUG(D_FILE, "no container inode.\n");
                 return -EIO;
         }
 
-	coda_prepare_openfile(inode, file, cnp->c_ovp, &open_file,
-			      &open_dentry);
-        if ( S_ISREG(cnp->c_ovp->i_mode) ) {
+	container = (struct inode *)inode->i_mapping->host;
+
+	coda_prepare_fakefile(inode, file, container, &open_file, &open_dentry);
+
+        if ( S_ISREG(container->i_mode) ) {
                 /* Venus: we must read Venus dirents from the file */
                 result = coda_venus_readdir(&open_file, dirent, filldir);
         } else {
-                /* potemkin case: we are handed a directory inode */
+		/* potemkin case: we are handed a directory inode */
                 result = vfs_readdir(&open_file, filldir, dirent);
         }
-	coda_restore_codafile(inode, file, cnp->c_ovp, &open_file);
+
+	/* we only have to restore the file position (and f_version?) */
+	file->f_pos = open_file.f_pos;
+	file->f_version = open_file.f_version;
+
         EXIT;
 	return result;
 }
 
+/* grab the ext2 inode of the container file */
+static int coda_inode_grab(dev_t dev, ino_t ino, struct inode **ind)
+{
+        struct super_block *sbptr;
+
+        sbptr = get_super(dev);
+
+        if ( !sbptr ) {
+                printk("coda_inode_grab: coda_find_super returns NULL.\n");
+                return -ENXIO;
+        }
+                
+        *ind = NULL;
+        *ind = iget(sbptr, ino);
+
+        if ( *ind == NULL ) {
+		printk("coda_inode_grab: iget(dev: %d, ino: %ld) "
+		       "returns NULL.\n", dev, (long)ino);
+                return -ENOENT;
+        }
+	CDEBUG(D_FILE, "ino: %ld, ops at %p\n", (long)ino, (*ind)->i_op);
+        return 0;
+}
+
 /* ask venus to cache the file and return the inode of the container file,
    put this inode pointer in the cnode for future read/writes */
 int coda_open(struct inode *i, struct file *f)
 {
         ino_t ino;
 	dev_t dev;
-        struct coda_inode_info *cnp;
         int error = 0;
-        struct inode *cont_inode = NULL;
+        struct inode *cont_inode = NULL, *old_container;
         unsigned short flags = f->f_flags & (~O_EXCL);
 	unsigned short coda_flags = coda_flags_to_cflags(flags);
 	struct coda_cred *cred;
@@ -564,10 +584,7 @@ int coda_open(struct inode *i, struct file *f)
         CDEBUG(D_SPECIAL, "OPEN inode number: %ld, count %d, flags %o.\n", 
 	       f->f_dentry->d_inode->i_ino, f->f_dentry->d_count, flags);
 
-        cnp = ITOC(i);
-
-
-	error = venus_open(i->i_sb, &(cnp->c_fid), coda_flags, &ino, &dev); 
+	error = venus_open(i->i_sb, coda_i2f(i), coda_flags, &ino, &dev); 
 	if (error) {
 	        CDEBUG(D_FILE, "venus: dev %d, inode %ld, out->result %d\n",
 		       dev, (long)ino, error);
@@ -589,25 +606,25 @@ int coda_open(struct inode *i, struct file *f)
 	coda_load_creds(cred);
 	f->private_data = cred;
 
-	if (  cnp->c_ovp )
-		iput(cnp->c_ovp);
-
-	cnp->c_ovp = cont_inode; 
+	if ( i->i_mapping != &i->i_data ) {
+		old_container = (struct inode *)i->i_mapping->host;
+		i->i_mapping = &i->i_data;
+		iput(old_container);
+	}
 	i->i_mapping = cont_inode->i_mapping;
-        cnp->c_ocount++;
 
-        CDEBUG(D_FILE, "result %d, coda i->i_count is %d for ino %ld\n", 
-	       error, i->i_count, i->i_ino);
-        CDEBUG(D_FILE, "cache ino: %ld, count %d, ops %p\n", 
-	       cnp->c_ovp->i_ino, cnp->c_ovp->i_count,
-	       (cnp->c_ovp->i_op));
+	CDEBUG(D_FILE, "result %d, coda i->i_count is %d for ino %ld\n", 
+	       error, atomic_read(&i->i_count), i->i_ino);
+	CDEBUG(D_FILE, "cache ino: %ld, count %d, ops %p\n", 
+	       cont_inode->i_ino, atomic_read(&cont_inode->i_count),
+               cont_inode->i_op);
         EXIT;
         return 0;
 }
 
 int coda_release(struct inode *i, struct file *f)
 {
-        struct coda_inode_info *cnp;
+	struct inode *container = NULL;
 	int error = 0;
         unsigned short flags = (f->f_flags) & (~O_EXCL);
 	unsigned short cflags = coda_flags_to_cflags(flags);
@@ -618,29 +635,15 @@ int coda_release(struct inode *i, struct file *f)
 
 	cred = (struct coda_cred *)f->private_data;
 
-        cnp =ITOC(i);
-        CHECK_CNODE(cnp);
-        CDEBUG(D_FILE,  
-	       "RELEASE coda (ino %ld, ct %d) cache (ino %ld, ct %d)\n",
-               i->i_ino, i->i_count, (cnp->c_ovp ? cnp->c_ovp->i_ino : 0),
-               (cnp->c_ovp ? cnp->c_ovp->i_count : -99));
+	if (i->i_mapping != &i->i_data)
+		container = (struct inode *)i->i_mapping->host;
 
+        CDEBUG(D_FILE, "RELEASE coda (ino %ld, ct %d) cache (ino %ld, ct %d)\n",
+		i->i_ino, atomic_read(&i->i_count),
+                (container ? container->i_ino : 0),
+		(container ? atomic_read(&container->i_count) : -99));
 
-        /* even when c_ocount=0 we cannot put c_ovp to
-         * NULL since the file may be mmapped.
-	 * See code in inode.c (coda_put_inode) for
-	 * further handling of close.
-	 */
-
-        --cnp->c_ocount;
-
-	if ( flags & (O_WRONLY | O_RDWR) )
-                --cnp->c_owrite;
-
-	/* Venus closing a container file? don't bother making the upcall. */
-	if ( current->pid != coda_upc_comm.vc_pid ) {
-	error = venus_release(i->i_sb, &(cnp->c_fid), cflags, cred);
-	}
+	error = venus_release(i->i_sb, coda_i2f(i), cflags, cred);
 
 	f->private_data = NULL;
 	if (cred)
@@ -651,13 +654,29 @@ int coda_release(struct inode *i, struct file *f)
 }
 
 /* support routines */
+
+/* instantiate a fake file and dentry to pass to coda_venus_readdir */
+static void coda_prepare_fakefile(struct inode *i, struct file *coda_file, 
+				  struct inode *cont_inode,
+				  struct file *cont_file,
+				  struct dentry *cont_dentry)
+{
+	cont_file->f_dentry = cont_dentry;
+	cont_file->f_dentry->d_inode = cont_inode;
+	cont_file->f_pos = coda_file->f_pos;
+	cont_file->f_version = coda_file->f_version;
+	cont_file->f_op = cont_inode->i_fop;
+	return ;
+}
+
 /* 
  * this structure is manipulated by filldir in vfs layer.
  * the count holds the remaining amount of space in the getdents buffer,
  * beyond the current_dir pointer.
+ *
+ * What structure is this comment referring to?? -JH
  */
 
-
 /* should be big enough to hold any single directory entry */
 #define DIR_BUFSIZE 2048
 
@@ -767,13 +786,12 @@ static int coda_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *de, int flags)
 
 	if (!inode)
 		return 1;
-
-	cii = ITOC(de->d_inode);
 	if (coda_isroot(inode))
 		return 1;
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
 		return 0;
 
+	cii = ITOC(de->d_inode);
 	if (! (cii->c_flags & (C_PURGE | C_FLUSH)) )
 		return valid;
 
@@ -807,7 +825,7 @@ static int coda_dentry_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
 	if (!dentry->d_inode) 
 		return 0;
 
-	flags =  (ITOC(dentry->d_inode)->c_flags) & C_PURGE;
+	flags = (ITOC(dentry->d_inode)->c_flags) & C_PURGE;
 	if (is_bad_inode(dentry->d_inode) || flags) {
 		CDEBUG(D_DOWNCALL, "bad inode, unhashing %s/%s, %ld\n", 
 		       dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name,
@@ -825,14 +843,13 @@ static int coda_dentry_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
  * cache manager Venus issues a downcall to the kernel when this 
  * happens 
  */
-
 int coda_revalidate_inode(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct coda_vattr attr;
 	int error = 0;
 	int old_mode;
 	ino_t old_ino;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode, *container;
 	struct coda_inode_info *cii = ITOC(inode);
 
 	ENTRY;
@@ -843,14 +860,6 @@ int coda_revalidate_inode(struct dentry *dentry)
 	if ( cii->c_flags == 0 )
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Venus accessing a container file, don't try to revalidate */
-	if ( current->pid == coda_upc_comm.vc_pid )
-		return 0;
-
-	/* Venus closed the device .... */
-	if ( cii->c_flags & C_DYING )
-		goto return_bad_inode;
-	
 	if (cii->c_flags & (C_VATTR | C_PURGE | C_FLUSH)) {
 		error = venus_getattr(inode->i_sb, &(cii->c_fid), &attr);
 		if ( error )
@@ -865,7 +874,6 @@ int coda_revalidate_inode(struct dentry *dentry)
 		old_ino = inode->i_ino;
 		coda_vattr_to_iattr(inode, &attr);
 
-
 		if ((old_mode & S_IFMT) != (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT)) {
 			printk("Coda: inode %ld, fid %s changed type!\n",
 			       inode->i_ino, coda_f2s(&(cii->c_fid)));
@@ -885,10 +893,10 @@ int coda_revalidate_inode(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return 0;
 
 return_bad_inode:
-	if ( cii->c_ovp ) {
-		iput(cii->c_ovp);
+	if ( inode->i_mapping != &inode->i_data ) {
+		container = (struct inode *)inode->i_mapping->host;
 		inode->i_mapping = &inode->i_data;
-		cii->c_ovp = NULL;
+		iput(container);
 	}
 	make_bad_inode(inode);
 	return -EIO;