diff --git a/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/blkdev_tunables-2.6-suse.patch b/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/blkdev_tunables-2.6-suse.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f6fa12bf88f2850b413f3df720ec62319460a414..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/blkdev_tunables-2.6-suse.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-Index: linux-2.6.5-SLES9_SP1_BRANCH_2004111114454891_lustre.1.4.0-phik/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
-===================================================================
---- linux-2.6.5-SLES9_SP1_BRANCH_2004111114454891_lustre.1.4.0-phik.orig/include/scsi/scsi_host.h	2005-01-07 04:23:12.344880136 -0800
-+++ linux-2.6.5-SLES9_SP1_BRANCH_2004111114454891_lustre.1.4.0-phik/include/scsi/scsi_host.h	2005-01-07 04:23:33.338688592 -0800
-@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
-  *	 used in one scatter-gather request.
-  */
- #define SG_NONE 0
--#define SG_ALL 0xff
-+#define SG_ALL 256
- 
- 
- #define DISABLE_CLUSTERING 0
-Index: linux-2.6.5-SLES9_SP1_BRANCH_2004111114454891_lustre.1.4.0-phik/include/linux/blkdev.h
-===================================================================
---- linux-2.6.5-SLES9_SP1_BRANCH_2004111114454891_lustre.1.4.0-phik.orig/include/linux/blkdev.h	2004-11-11 07:28:28.000000000 -0800
-+++ linux-2.6.5-SLES9_SP1_BRANCH_2004111114454891_lustre.1.4.0-phik/include/linux/blkdev.h	2005-01-07 04:24:33.819494112 -0800
-@@ -647,8 +647,8 @@
- extern void blk_rq_prep_restart(struct request *);
- extern int blkdev_issue_flush(struct block_device *, sector_t *);
- 
--#define MAX_PHYS_SEGMENTS 128
--#define MAX_HW_SEGMENTS 128
-+#define MAX_PHYS_SEGMENTS 256
-+#define MAX_HW_SEGMENTS 256
- #define MAX_SECTORS 255
- 
- #define MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE	65536
diff --git a/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/ext3-wantedi-misc-2.6-suse.patch b/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/ext3-wantedi-misc-2.6-suse.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f52cf618ea1079ee9c4e281bb3f69b6c5bfbe53..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/ext3-wantedi-misc-2.6-suse.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Index: uml-2.6.3/include/linux/dcache.h
-===================================================================
---- uml-2.6.3.orig/include/linux/dcache.h	2004-02-21 00:19:14.365988600 +0800
-+++ uml-2.6.3/include/linux/dcache.h	2004-02-21 00:21:04.612228624 +0800
-@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
- 
- #define IS_ROOT(x) ((x) == (x)->d_parent)
- 
-+struct dentry_params {
-+	unsigned long   p_inum;
-+	void            *p_ptr;
-+};
-+
- /*
-  * "quick string" -- eases parameter passing, but more importantly
-  * saves "metadata" about the string (ie length and the hash).
diff --git a/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/vfs_intent-2.6.12.patch b/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/vfs_intent-2.6.12.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d1f53d8df41afc2d8f80838dbad6de806403eb68..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/vfs_intent-2.6.12.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,780 +0,0 @@
---- linux-2.6.12.6.orig/fs/exec.c
-+++ linux-2.6.12.6/fs/exec.c
-@@ -122,9 +122,10 @@
- 	struct file * file;
- 	struct nameidata nd;
- 	int error;
-+	intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_OPEN);
- 
--	nd.intent.open.flags = FMODE_READ;
--	error = __user_walk(library, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_OPEN, &nd);
-+	nd.intent.it_flags = FMODE_READ|FMODE_EXEC;
-+	error = __user_walk_it(library, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_OPEN, &nd);
- 	if (error)
- 		goto out;
- 
-@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@
- 	if (error)
- 		goto exit;
- 
--	file = dentry_open(nd.dentry, nd.mnt, O_RDONLY);
-+	file = dentry_open_it(nd.dentry, nd.mnt, O_RDONLY, &nd.intent);
- 	error = PTR_ERR(file);
- 	if (IS_ERR(file))
- 		goto out;
-@@ -492,8 +493,9 @@
- 	int err;
- 	struct file *file;
- 
--	nd.intent.open.flags = FMODE_READ;
--	err = path_lookup(name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_OPEN, &nd);
-+	intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_OPEN);
-+	nd.intent.it_flags = FMODE_READ|FMODE_EXEC;
-+	err = path_lookup(name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
- 	file = ERR_PTR(err);
- 
- 	if (!err) {
-@@ -506,7 +508,7 @@
- 				err = -EACCES;
- 			file = ERR_PTR(err);
- 			if (!err) {
--				file = dentry_open(nd.dentry, nd.mnt, O_RDONLY);
-+				file = dentry_open_it(nd.dentry, nd.mnt, O_RDONLY, &nd.intent);
- 				if (!IS_ERR(file)) {
- 					err = deny_write_access(file);
- 					if (err) {
---- linux-2.6.12.6.orig/fs/namei.c
-+++ linux-2.6.12.6/fs/namei.c
-@@ -301,8 +301,19 @@
- 	return 0;
- }
- 
-+void intent_release(struct lookup_intent *it)
-+{
-+	if (!it)
-+		return;
-+	if (it->it_magic != INTENT_MAGIC)
-+		return;
-+	if (it->it_op_release)
-+		it->it_op_release(it);
-+}
-+
- void path_release(struct nameidata *nd)
- {
-+	intent_release(&nd->intent);
- 	dput(nd->dentry);
- 	mntput(nd->mnt);
- }
-@@ -392,8 +403,11 @@
- {
- 	struct dentry * result;
- 	struct inode *dir = parent->d_inode;
-+	int counter = 0;
- 
- 	down(&dir->i_sem);
-+again:
-+	counter++;
- 	/*
- 	 * First re-do the cached lookup just in case it was created
- 	 * while we waited for the directory semaphore..
-@@ -427,13 +441,16 @@
- 	 * Uhhuh! Nasty case: the cache was re-populated while
- 	 * we waited on the semaphore. Need to revalidate.
- 	 */
--	up(&dir->i_sem);
- 	if (result->d_op && result->d_op->d_revalidate) {
- 		if (!result->d_op->d_revalidate(result, nd) && !d_invalidate(result)) {
- 			dput(result);
--			result = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-+			if (counter > 10)
-+				result = ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
-+			if (!IS_ERR(result))
-+				goto again;
- 		}
- 	}
-+	up(&dir->i_sem);
- 	return result;
- }
- 
-@@ -462,6 +479,7 @@
- {
- 	int res = 0;
- 	char *name;
-+
- 	if (IS_ERR(link))
- 		goto fail;
- 
-@@ -471,6 +489,7 @@
- 			/* weird __emul_prefix() stuff did it */
- 			goto out;
- 	}
-+	intent_reset_fs_part(&nd->intent);
- 	res = link_path_walk(link, nd);
- out:
- 	if (nd->depth || res || nd->last_type!=LAST_NORM)
-@@ -703,6 +722,33 @@
- 	return PTR_ERR(dentry);
- }
- 
-+static int revalidate_special(struct nameidata *nd)
-+{
-+	struct dentry *dentry = nd->dentry;
-+	int err, counter = 0;
-+
-+ revalidate_again:
-+	if (!dentry->d_op || !dentry->d_op->d_revalidate)
-+		return 0;
-+	if (!dentry->d_op->d_revalidate(dentry, nd)) {
-+		struct dentry *new;
-+		if ((err = permission(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, MAY_EXEC, nd)))
-+			return err;
-+		new = real_lookup(dentry->d_parent, &dentry->d_name, nd);
-+		if (IS_ERR(new))
-+			return PTR_ERR(new);
-+		d_invalidate(dentry);
-+		dput(dentry);
-+		nd->dentry = dentry = new;
-+		counter++;
-+		if (counter < 10)
-+			goto revalidate_again;
-+		//printk("excessive revalidate_it loops\n");
-+		return -ESTALE;
-+	}
-+	return 0;
-+}
-+
- /*
-  * Name resolution.
-  * This is the basic name resolution function, turning a pathname into
-@@ -800,7 +846,11 @@
- 			goto out_dput;
- 
- 		if (inode->i_op->follow_link) {
-+			int save_flags = nd->flags;
-+			nd->flags |= LOOKUP_LINK_NOTLAST;
- 			err = do_follow_link(&next, nd);
-+			if (!(save_flags & LOOKUP_LINK_NOTLAST))
-+				nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_LINK_NOTLAST;
- 			if (err)
- 				goto return_err;
- 			err = -ENOENT;
-@@ -839,6 +889,23 @@
- 				inode = nd->dentry->d_inode;
- 				/* fallthrough */
- 			case 1:
-+				nd->flags |= LOOKUP_LAST;
-+				err = revalidate_special(nd);
-+				nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_LAST;
-+				if (!nd->dentry->d_inode)
-+					err = -ENOENT;
-+				if (err) {
-+					path_release(nd);
-+					goto return_err;
-+				}
-+				if (lookup_flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) {
-+					err = -ENOTDIR;
-+					if(!nd->dentry->d_inode->i_op ||
-+					  !nd->dentry->d_inode->i_op->lookup) {
-+						path_release(nd);
-+						goto return_err;
-+					}
-+				}
- 				goto return_reval;
- 		}
- 		if (nd->dentry->d_op && nd->dentry->d_op->d_hash) {
-@@ -846,7 +913,9 @@
- 			if (err < 0)
- 				break;
- 		}
-+		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_LAST;
- 		err = do_lookup(nd, &this, &next);
-+		nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_LAST;
- 		if (err)
- 			break;
- 		inode = next.dentry->d_inode;
-@@ -1097,7 +1166,7 @@
- }
- 
- /* SMP-safe */
--struct dentry * lookup_one_len(const char * name, struct dentry * base, int len)
-+struct dentry * lookup_one_len_it(const char * name, struct dentry * base, int len, struct nameidata *nd)
- {
- 	unsigned long hash;
- 	struct qstr this;
-@@ -1117,11 +1186,16 @@
- 	}
- 	this.hash = end_name_hash(hash);
- 
--	return lookup_hash(&this, base);
-+	return __lookup_hash(&this, base, nd);
- access:
- 	return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
- }
- 
-+struct dentry * lookup_one_len(const char * name, struct dentry * base, int len)
-+{
-+	return lookup_one_len_it(name, base, len, NULL);
-+}
-+
- /*
-  *	namei()
-  *
-@@ -1133,7 +1207,7 @@
-  * that namei follows links, while lnamei does not.
-  * SMP-safe
-  */
--int fastcall __user_walk(const char __user *name, unsigned flags, struct nameidata *nd)
-+int fastcall __user_walk_it(const char __user *name, unsigned flags, struct nameidata *nd)
- {
- 	char *tmp = getname(name);
- 	int err = PTR_ERR(tmp);
-@@ -1145,6 +1219,12 @@
- 	return err;
- }
- 
-+int fastcall __user_walk(const char __user *name, unsigned flags, struct nameidata *nd)
-+{
-+	intent_init(&nd->intent, IT_LOOKUP);
-+	return __user_walk_it(name, flags, nd);
-+}
-+
- /*
-  * It's inline, so penalty for filesystems that don't use sticky bit is
-  * minimal.
-@@ -1426,8 +1506,8 @@
- 		acc_mode |= MAY_APPEND;
- 
- 	/* Fill in the open() intent data */
--	nd->intent.open.flags = flag;
--	nd->intent.open.create_mode = mode;
-+	nd->intent.it_flags = flag;
-+	nd->intent.it_create_mode = mode;
- 
- 	/*
- 	 * The simplest case - just a plain lookup.
-@@ -1442,6 +1522,7 @@
- 	/*
- 	 * Create - we need to know the parent.
- 	 */
-+	nd->intent.it_op |= IT_CREAT;
- 	error = path_lookup(pathname, LOOKUP_PARENT|LOOKUP_OPEN|LOOKUP_CREATE, nd);
- 	if (error)
- 		return error;
-@@ -1458,7 +1539,9 @@
- 	dir = nd->dentry;
- 	nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
- 	down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
-+	nd->flags |= LOOKUP_LAST;
- 	path.dentry = __lookup_hash(&nd->last, nd->dentry, nd);
-+	nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_LAST;
- 	path.mnt = nd->mnt;
- 
- do_last:
-@@ -1564,7 +1647,9 @@
- 	}
- 	dir = nd->dentry;
- 	down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
-+	nd->flags |= LOOKUP_LAST;
- 	path.dentry = __lookup_hash(&nd->last, nd->dentry, nd);
-+	nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_LAST;
- 	path.mnt = nd->mnt;
- 	putname(nd->last.name);
- 	goto do_last;
---- linux-2.6.12.6.orig/fs/namespace.c
-+++ linux-2.6.12.6/fs/namespace.c
-@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
- 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_mounts);
- 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_list);
- 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_fslink);
-+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_lustre_list);
- 		if (name) {
- 			int size = strlen(name)+1;
- 			char *newname = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@
- 
- static void detach_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct nameidata *old_nd)
- {
-+	memset(old_nd, 0, sizeof(*old_nd));
- 	old_nd->dentry = mnt->mnt_mountpoint;
- 	old_nd->mnt = mnt->mnt_parent;
- 	mnt->mnt_parent = mnt;
-@@ -176,6 +178,9 @@
- {
- 	struct super_block *sb = mnt->mnt_sb;
- 	dput(mnt->mnt_root);
-+	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-+	list_del(&mnt->mnt_lustre_list);
-+	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
- 	free_vfsmnt(mnt);
- 	deactivate_super(sb);
- }
-@@ -402,6 +407,8 @@
- 	 */
- 
- 	lock_kernel();
-+	if (sb->s_op->umount_lustre)
-+		sb->s_op->umount_lustre(sb);
- 	if( (flags&MNT_FORCE) && sb->s_op->umount_begin)
- 		sb->s_op->umount_begin(sb);
- 	unlock_kernel();
-@@ -627,6 +634,7 @@
- 		return err;
- 	if (!old_name || !*old_name)
- 		return -EINVAL;
-+	intent_init(&old_nd.intent, IT_LOOKUP);
- 	err = path_lookup(old_name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &old_nd);
- 	if (err)
- 		return err;
-@@ -701,6 +709,7 @@
- 		return -EPERM;
- 	if (!old_name || !*old_name)
- 		return -EINVAL;
-+	intent_init(&old_nd.intent, IT_LOOKUP);
- 	err = path_lookup(old_name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &old_nd);
- 	if (err)
- 		return err;
-@@ -1012,6 +1021,7 @@
- 	int retval = 0;
- 	int mnt_flags = 0;
- 
-+	intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_LOOKUP);
- 	/* Discard magic */
- 	if ((flags & MS_MGC_MSK) == MS_MGC_VAL)
- 		flags &= ~MS_MGC_MSK;
---- linux-2.6.12.6.orig/fs/open.c
-+++ linux-2.6.12.6/fs/open.c
-@@ -215,12 +215,12 @@
- 	struct nameidata nd;
- 	struct inode * inode;
- 	int error;
--
-+	intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_GETATTR);
- 	error = -EINVAL;
- 	if (length < 0)	/* sorry, but loff_t says... */
- 		goto out;
- 
--	error = user_path_walk(path, &nd);
-+	error = user_path_walk_it(path, &nd);
- 	if (error)
- 		goto out;
- 	inode = nd.dentry->d_inode;
-@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@
- 	int old_fsuid, old_fsgid;
- 	kernel_cap_t old_cap;
- 	int res;
-+	intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_GETATTR);
- 
- 	if (mode & ~S_IRWXO)	/* where's F_OK, X_OK, W_OK, R_OK? */
- 		return -EINVAL;
-@@ -498,13 +499,14 @@
- 	else
- 		current->cap_effective = current->cap_permitted;
- 
--	res = __user_walk(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_ACCESS, &nd);
-+	res = __user_walk_it(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_ACCESS, &nd);
- 	if (!res) {
- 		res = permission(nd.dentry->d_inode, mode, &nd);
- 		/* SuS v2 requires we report a read only fs too */
- 		if(!res && (mode & S_IWOTH) && IS_RDONLY(nd.dentry->d_inode)
- 		   && !special_file(nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
- 			res = -EROFS;
-+
- 		path_release(&nd);
- 	}
- 
-@@ -519,8 +521,9 @@
- {
- 	struct nameidata nd;
- 	int error;
-+	intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_GETATTR);
- 
--	error = __user_walk(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, &nd);
-+	error = __user_walk_it(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, &nd);
- 	if (error)
- 		goto out;
- 
-@@ -570,8 +573,9 @@
- {
- 	struct nameidata nd;
- 	int error;
-+	intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_GETATTR);
- 
--	error = __user_walk(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY | LOOKUP_NOALT, &nd);
-+	error = __user_walk_it(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY | LOOKUP_NOALT, &nd);
- 	if (error)
- 		goto out;
- 
-@@ -750,27 +754,8 @@
-  * for the internal routines (ie open_namei()/follow_link() etc). 00 is
-  * used by symlinks.
-  */
--struct file *filp_open(const char * filename, int flags, int mode)
--{
--	int namei_flags, error;
--	struct nameidata nd;
--
--	namei_flags = flags;
--	if ((namei_flags+1) & O_ACCMODE)
--		namei_flags++;
--	if (namei_flags & O_TRUNC)
--		namei_flags |= 2;
--
--	error = open_namei(filename, namei_flags, mode, &nd);
--	if (!error)
--		return dentry_open(nd.dentry, nd.mnt, flags);
--
--	return ERR_PTR(error);
--}
--
--EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_open);
--
--struct file *dentry_open(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags)
-+struct file *dentry_open_it(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags,
-+			    struct lookup_intent *it)
- {
- 	struct file * f;
- 	struct inode *inode;
-@@ -782,6 +767,7 @@
- 		goto cleanup_dentry;
- 	f->f_flags = flags;
- 	f->f_mode = ((flags+1) & O_ACCMODE) | FMODE_LSEEK | FMODE_PREAD | FMODE_PWRITE;
-+	f->f_it = it;
- 	inode = dentry->d_inode;
- 	if (f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
- 		error = get_write_access(inode);
-@@ -800,6 +786,7 @@
- 		error = f->f_op->open(inode,f);
- 		if (error)
- 			goto cleanup_all;
-+		intent_release(it);
- 	}
- 	f->f_flags &= ~(O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_NOCTTY | O_TRUNC);
- 
-@@ -825,6 +812,7 @@
- cleanup_file:
- 	put_filp(f);
- cleanup_dentry:
-+	intent_release(it);
- 	dput(dentry);
- 	mntput(mnt);
- 	return ERR_PTR(error);
-@@ -832,6 +820,36 @@
- 
- EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_open);
- 
-+struct file *filp_open(const char * filename, int flags, int mode)
-+{
-+	int namei_flags, error;
-+	struct file * temp_filp;
-+	struct nameidata nd;
-+	intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_OPEN);
-+
-+	namei_flags = flags;
-+	if ((namei_flags+1) & O_ACCMODE)
-+		namei_flags++;
-+	if (namei_flags & O_TRUNC)
-+		namei_flags |= 2;
-+
-+	error = open_namei(filename, namei_flags, mode, &nd);
-+	if (!error) {
-+		temp_filp = dentry_open_it(nd.dentry, nd.mnt, flags, &nd.intent);
-+		return temp_filp;
-+	}
-+	return ERR_PTR(error);
-+}
-+
-+
-+struct file *dentry_open(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags)
-+{
-+	struct lookup_intent it;
-+	intent_init(&it, IT_LOOKUP);
-+
-+	return dentry_open_it(dentry, mnt, flags, &it);
-+}
-+
- /*
-  * Find an empty file descriptor entry, and mark it busy.
-  */
---- linux-2.6.12.6.orig/fs/stat.c
-+++ linux-2.6.12.6/fs/stat.c
-@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
- 
- EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_fillattr);
- 
--int vfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
-+int vfs_getattr_it(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct lookup_intent *it, struct kstat *stat)
- {
- 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
- 	int retval;
-@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
- 	if (retval)
- 		return retval;
- 
-+	if (inode->i_op->getattr_it)
-+		return inode->i_op->getattr_it(mnt, dentry, it, stat);
- 	if (inode->i_op->getattr)
- 		return inode->i_op->getattr(mnt, dentry, stat);
- 
-@@ -63,14 +65,20 @@
- 
- EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_getattr);
- 
-+int vfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
-+{
-+	return vfs_getattr_it(mnt, dentry, NULL, stat);
-+}
-+
- int vfs_stat(char __user *name, struct kstat *stat)
- {
- 	struct nameidata nd;
- 	int error;
-+	intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_GETATTR);
- 
--	error = user_path_walk(name, &nd);
-+	error = user_path_walk_it(name, &nd);
- 	if (!error) {
--		error = vfs_getattr(nd.mnt, nd.dentry, stat);
-+		error = vfs_getattr_it(nd.mnt, nd.dentry, &nd.intent, stat);
- 		path_release(&nd);
- 	}
- 	return error;
-@@ -82,10 +90,11 @@
- {
- 	struct nameidata nd;
- 	int error;
-+	intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_GETATTR);
- 
--	error = user_path_walk_link(name, &nd);
-+	error = user_path_walk_link_it(name, &nd);
- 	if (!error) {
--		error = vfs_getattr(nd.mnt, nd.dentry, stat);
-+		error = vfs_getattr_it(nd.mnt, nd.dentry, &nd.intent, stat);
- 		path_release(&nd);
- 	}
- 	return error;
-@@ -97,9 +106,12 @@
- {
- 	struct file *f = fget(fd);
- 	int error = -EBADF;
-+	struct nameidata nd;
-+	intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_GETATTR);
- 
- 	if (f) {
--		error = vfs_getattr(f->f_vfsmnt, f->f_dentry, stat);
-+		error = vfs_getattr_it(f->f_vfsmnt, f->f_dentry, &nd.intent, stat);
-+		intent_release(&nd.intent);
- 		fput(f);
- 	}
- 	return error;
---- linux-2.6.12.6.orig/fs/inode.c
-+++ linux-2.6.12.6/fs/inode.c
-@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
- 	inodes_stat.nr_unused--;
- }
- 
-+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__iget);
- /**
-  * clear_inode - clear an inode
-  * @inode: inode to clear
---- linux-2.6.12.6.orig/include/linux/dcache.h
-+++ linux-2.6.12.6/include/linux/dcache.h
-@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
- #ifdef __KERNEL__
- 
- #include <asm/atomic.h>
-+#include <linux/string.h>
- #include <linux/list.h>
- #include <linux/spinlock.h>
- #include <linux/cache.h>
-@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@
- 	const unsigned char *name;
- };
- 
-+#include <linux/namei.h>
-+
- struct dentry_stat_t {
- 	int nr_dentry;
- 	int nr_unused;
---- linux-2.6.12.6.orig/include/linux/fs.h
-+++ linux-2.6.12.6/include/linux/fs.h
-@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
- 
- #define FMODE_READ 1
- #define FMODE_WRITE 2
-+#define FMODE_EXEC 4
- 
- /* Internal kernel extensions */
- #define FMODE_LSEEK	4
-@@ -260,6 +261,8 @@
- #define ATTR_ATTR_FLAG	1024
- #define ATTR_KILL_SUID	2048
- #define ATTR_KILL_SGID	4096
-+#define ATTR_RAW       	8192    /* file system, not vfs will massage attrs */
-+#define ATTR_FROM_OPEN 	16384    /* called from open path, ie O_TRUNC */
- 
- /*
-  * This is the Inode Attributes structure, used for notify_change().  It
-@@ -463,6 +466,7 @@
- 	struct block_device	*i_bdev;
- 	struct cdev		*i_cdev;
- 	int			i_cindex;
-+	void			*i_filterdata;
- 
- 	__u32			i_generation;
- 
-@@ -600,6 +604,7 @@
- 	spinlock_t		f_ep_lock;
- #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL */
- 	struct address_space	*f_mapping;
-+ 	struct lookup_intent    *f_it;
- };
- extern spinlock_t files_lock;
- #define file_list_lock() spin_lock(&files_lock);
-@@ -968,7 +973,9 @@
- 	void (*truncate) (struct inode *);
- 	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, struct nameidata *);
- 	int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
-+	int (*setattr_raw) (struct inode *, struct iattr *);
- 	int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
-+	int (*getattr_it) (struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct lookup_intent *, struct kstat *);
- 	int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int);
- 	ssize_t (*getxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t);
- 	ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
-@@ -1008,6 +1015,7 @@
- 	int (*remount_fs) (struct super_block *, int *, char *);
- 	void (*clear_inode) (struct inode *);
- 	void (*umount_begin) (struct super_block *);
-+	void (*umount_lustre) (struct super_block *);
- 
- 	int (*show_options)(struct seq_file *, struct vfsmount *);
- 
-@@ -1210,6 +1218,7 @@
- extern struct vfsmount *kern_mount(struct file_system_type *);
- extern int may_umount_tree(struct vfsmount *);
- extern int may_umount(struct vfsmount *);
-+struct vfsmount *do_kern_mount(const char *type, int flags, const char *name, void *data);
- extern long do_mount(char *, char *, char *, unsigned long, void *);
- 
- extern int vfs_statfs(struct super_block *, struct kstatfs *);
-@@ -1262,6 +1271,7 @@
- extern int do_truncate(struct dentry *, loff_t start);
- extern struct file *filp_open(const char *, int, int);
- extern struct file * dentry_open(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *, int);
-+extern struct file * dentry_open_it(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *, int, struct lookup_intent *);
- extern int filp_close(struct file *, fl_owner_t id);
- extern char * getname(const char __user *);
- 
---- linux-2.6.12.6.orig/include/linux/namei.h
-+++ linux-2.6.12.6/include/linux/namei.h
-@@ -2,14 +2,55 @@
- #define _LINUX_NAMEI_H
- 
- #include <linux/linkage.h>
-+#include <linux/string.h>
- 
- struct vfsmount;
-+struct nameidata;
- 
--struct open_intent {
--	int	flags;
--	int	create_mode;
-+/* intent opcodes */
-+#define IT_OPEN		(1)
-+#define IT_CREAT	(1<<1)
-+#define IT_READDIR	(1<<2)
-+#define IT_GETATTR	(1<<3)
-+#define IT_LOOKUP	(1<<4)
-+#define IT_UNLINK	(1<<5)
-+#define IT_TRUNC	(1<<6)
-+#define IT_GETXATTR	(1<<7)
-+
-+struct lustre_intent_data {
-+	int	it_disposition;
-+	int	it_status;
-+	__u64	it_lock_handle;
-+	void	*it_data;
-+	int	it_lock_mode;
- };
- 
-+#define INTENT_MAGIC 0x19620323
-+struct lookup_intent {
-+	int	it_magic;
-+	void	(*it_op_release)(struct lookup_intent *);
-+	int	it_op;
-+	int	it_flags;
-+	int	it_create_mode;
-+	union {
-+		struct lustre_intent_data lustre;
-+	} d;
-+};
-+
-+static inline void intent_reset_fs_part(struct lookup_intent *it)
-+{
-+        memset(&it->d, 0, sizeof(it->d));
-+        it->it_magic = INTENT_MAGIC;
-+        it->it_op_release = NULL;
-+}
-+
-+static inline void intent_init(struct lookup_intent *it, int op)
-+{
-+	memset(it, 0, sizeof(*it));
-+	it->it_magic = INTENT_MAGIC;
-+	it->it_op = op;
-+}
-+
- enum { MAX_NESTED_LINKS = 5 };
- 
- struct nameidata {
-@@ -21,10 +62,7 @@
- 	unsigned	depth;
- 	char *saved_names[MAX_NESTED_LINKS + 1];
- 
--	/* Intent data */
--	union {
--		struct open_intent open;
--	} intent;
-+	struct lookup_intent intent;
- };
- 
- /*
-@@ -47,6 +85,8 @@
- #define LOOKUP_PARENT		16
- #define LOOKUP_NOALT		32
- #define LOOKUP_REVAL		64
-+#define LOOKUP_LAST		(0x1000)
-+#define LOOKUP_LINK_NOTLAST	(0x2000)
- /*
-  * Intent data
-  */
-@@ -55,6 +95,12 @@
- #define LOOKUP_ACCESS		(0x0400)
- 
- extern int FASTCALL(__user_walk(const char __user *, unsigned, struct nameidata *));
-+extern int FASTCALL(__user_walk_it(const char __user *name, unsigned flags, struct nameidata *nd));
-+#define user_path_walk_it(name,nd) \
-+	__user_walk_it(name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, nd)
-+#define user_path_walk_link_it(name,nd) \
-+	__user_walk_it(name, 0, nd)
-+extern void intent_release(struct lookup_intent *);
- #define user_path_walk(name,nd) \
- 	__user_walk(name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, nd)
- #define user_path_walk_link(name,nd) \
-@@ -67,7 +113,6 @@
- 
- extern struct dentry * lookup_one_len(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
- extern struct dentry * lookup_hash(struct qstr *, struct dentry *);
--
- extern int follow_down(struct vfsmount **, struct dentry **);
- extern int follow_up(struct vfsmount **, struct dentry **);
- 
---- linux-2.6.12.6.orig/include/linux/mount.h
-+++ linux-2.6.12.6/include/linux/mount.h
-@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
- 	struct list_head mnt_list;
- 	struct list_head mnt_fslink;	/* link in fs-specific expiry list */
- 	struct namespace *mnt_namespace; /* containing namespace */
-+	struct list_head mnt_lustre_list; /* GNS mount list */
-+	unsigned long mnt_last_used;	/* for GNS auto-umount (jiffies) */
- };
- 
- static inline struct vfsmount *mntget(struct vfsmount *mnt)
diff --git a/lustre/kernel_patches/series/2.6.12-vanilla.series b/lustre/kernel_patches/series/2.6.12-vanilla.series
deleted file mode 100644
index c164ffb65dedfa50bc55b1dc5801617a93a908f6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lustre/kernel_patches/series/2.6.12-vanilla.series
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-lustre_version.patch
-vfs_intent-2.6.12.patch 
-vfs_races-2.6.12.patch
-ext3-wantedi-misc-2.6-suse.patch 
-jbd-2.6.10-jcberr.patch
-iopen-misc-2.6.12.patch
-export-truncate-2.6-suse.patch 
-export_symbols-2.6.12.patch 
-dev_read_only-2.6-suse.patch 
-export-2.6-suse.patch
-lookup_bdev_init_intent.patch
-8kstack-2.6.12.patch
-remove-suid-2.6-suse.patch
-export-show_task-2.6-vanilla.patch
-sd_iostats-2.6-rhel4.patch 
-blkdev_tunables-2.6-suse.patch
-fsprivate-2.6.patch
-export_symbol_numa.patch