diff --git a/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/link_notlast-susefix.patch b/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/link_notlast-susefix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e3efbb465bc7b3ec59b57b633409401acf0ed2a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/link_notlast-susefix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- linux-2.6.5-7.141/fs/namei.c.orig 2005-04-01 18:03:37.788262784 +0300
++++ linux-2.6.5-7.141/fs/namei.c 2005-04-01 18:05:43.058218856 +0300
+@@ -719,10 +719,12 @@
+ goto out_dput;
+
+ if (inode->i_op->follow_link) {
++ int save_flags = nd->flags;
+ mntget(next.mnt);
+ nd->flags |= LOOKUP_LINK_NOTLAST;
+ err = do_follow_link(next.dentry, nd);
+- nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_LINK_NOTLAST;
++ if (!(save_flags & LOOKUP_LINK_NOTLAST))
++ nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_LINK_NOTLAST;
+ dput(next.dentry);
+ mntput(next.mnt);
+ if (err)
diff --git a/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/vfs_nointent-2.6-sles10.patch b/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/vfs_nointent-2.6-sles10.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aba3c8b3da80465920f1c8eff0e02d4028c63624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/vfs_nointent-2.6-sles10.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,453 @@
+Index: linux-2.6.16.21-0.8/net/unix/af_unix.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.16.21-0.8.orig/net/unix/af_unix.c 2006-08-03 01:34:33.000000000 -0600
++++ linux-2.6.16.21-0.8/net/unix/af_unix.c 2006-08-03 01:35:38.000000000 -0600
+@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@
+ int err = 0;
+
+ if (sunname->sun_path[0]) {
++ intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_LOOKUP);
+ err = path_lookup(sunname->sun_path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
+ if (err)
+ goto fail;
+Index: linux-2.6.16.21-0.8/fs/open.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.16.21-0.8.orig/fs/open.c 2006-08-03 01:34:33.000000000 -0600
++++ linux-2.6.16.21-0.8/fs/open.c 2006-08-03 02:54:31.000000000 -0600
+@@ -197,9 +197,10 @@
+ }
+
+ int do_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t length, unsigned int time_attrs,
+- struct file *filp)
++ struct file *filp, int called_from_open)
+ {
+ int err;
++ struct inode_operations *op = dentry->d_inode->i_op;
+ struct iattr newattrs;
+
+ /* Not pretty: "inode->i_size" shouldn't really be signed. But it is. */
+@@ -214,7 +215,17 @@
+ }
+
+ mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+- err = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
++ if (called_from_open)
++ newattrs.ia_valid |= ATTR_FROM_OPEN;
++ if (op->setattr_raw) {
++ newattrs.ia_valid |= ATTR_RAW;
++ newattrs.ia_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
++ down_write(&dentry->d_inode->i_alloc_sem);
++ err = op->setattr_raw(dentry->d_inode, &newattrs);
++ up_write(&dentry->d_inode->i_alloc_sem);
++ } else
++ err = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
++
+ mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+ return err;
+ }
+@@ -269,7 +280,7 @@
+ error = locks_verify_truncate(inode, NULL, length);
+ if (!error) {
+ DQUOT_INIT(inode);
+- error = do_truncate(nd.dentry, length, 0, NULL);
++ error = do_truncate(nd.dentry, length, 0, NULL, 0);
+ }
+ put_write_access(inode);
+
+@@ -321,7 +332,7 @@
+
+ error = locks_verify_truncate(inode, file, length);
+ if (!error)
+- error = do_truncate(dentry, length, 0, file);
++ error = do_truncate(dentry, length, 0, file, 0);
+ out_putf:
+ fput(file);
+ out:
+@@ -406,9 +417,20 @@
+ (error = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_WRITE)) != 0)
+ goto dput_and_out;
+ }
+- mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+- error = notify_change(nd.dentry, &newattrs);
+- mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
++ if (inode->i_op->setattr_raw) {
++ struct inode_operations *op = nd.dentry->d_inode->i_op;
++
++ newattrs.ia_valid |= ATTR_RAW;
++ error = op->setattr_raw(inode, &newattrs);
++ /* the file system wants to use normal vfs path now */
++ if (error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
++ goto dput_and_out;
++ } else {
++ mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
++ error = notify_change(nd.dentry, &newattrs);
++ mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
++ }
++
+ dput_and_out:
+ path_release(&nd);
+ out:
+@@ -620,36 +642,52 @@
+ return error;
+ }
+
++int chmod_common(struct dentry *dentry, mode_t mode)
++{
++ struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
++ struct iattr newattrs;
++ int error = -EROFS;
++
++ if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
++ goto out;
++
++ if (inode->i_op->setattr_raw) {
++ struct inode_operations *op = dentry->d_inode->i_op;
++
++ newattrs.ia_mode = mode;
++ newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME;
++ newattrs.ia_valid |= ATTR_RAW;
++ error = op->setattr_raw(inode, &newattrs);
++ /* the file system wants to use normal vfs path now */
++ if (error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
++ goto out;
++ }
++
++ error = -EPERM;
++ if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
++ goto out;
++
++ mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
++ if (mode == (mode_t) -1)
++ mode = inode->i_mode;
++ newattrs.ia_mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | (inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO);
++ newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME;
++ error = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
++ mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
++out:
++ return error;
++}
++
+ asmlinkage long sys_fchmod(unsigned int fd, mode_t mode)
+ {
+- struct inode * inode;
+- struct dentry * dentry;
+ struct file * file;
+ int err = -EBADF;
+- struct iattr newattrs;
+
+ file = fget(fd);
+ if (!file)
+ goto out;
+
+- dentry = file->f_dentry;
+- inode = dentry->d_inode;
+-
+- err = -EROFS;
+- if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
+- goto out_putf;
+- err = -EPERM;
+- if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
+- goto out_putf;
+- mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+- if (mode == (mode_t) -1)
+- mode = inode->i_mode;
+- newattrs.ia_mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | (inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO);
+- newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME;
+- err = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
+- mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+-
+-out_putf:
++ err = chmod_common(file->f_dentry, mode);
+ fput(file);
+ out:
+ return err;
+@@ -659,32 +697,12 @@
+ mode_t mode)
+ {
+ struct nameidata nd;
+- struct inode * inode;
+ int error;
+- struct iattr newattrs;
+
+ error = __user_walk_fd(dfd, filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
+ if (error)
+ goto out;
+- inode = nd.dentry->d_inode;
+-
+- error = -EROFS;
+- if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
+- goto dput_and_out;
+-
+- error = -EPERM;
+- if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
+- goto dput_and_out;
+-
+- mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+- if (mode == (mode_t) -1)
+- mode = inode->i_mode;
+- newattrs.ia_mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | (inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO);
+- newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME;
+- error = notify_change(nd.dentry, &newattrs);
+- mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+-
+-dput_and_out:
++ error = chmod_common(nd.dentry, mode);
+ path_release(&nd);
+ out:
+ return error;
+@@ -710,6 +728,18 @@
+ if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
+ goto out;
+ error = -EPERM;
++ if (inode->i_op->setattr_raw) {
++ struct inode_operations *op = dentry->d_inode->i_op;
++
++ newattrs.ia_uid = user;
++ newattrs.ia_gid = group;
++ newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_UID | ATTR_GID | ATTR_CTIME;
++ newattrs.ia_valid |= ATTR_RAW;
++ error = op->setattr_raw(inode, &newattrs);
++ /* the file system wants to use normal vfs path now */
++ if (error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
++ return error;
++ }
+ if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
+ goto out;
+ newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_CTIME;
+Index: linux-2.6.16.21-0.8/fs/namei.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.16.21-0.8.orig/fs/namei.c 2006-08-03 01:34:33.000000000 -0600
++++ linux-2.6.16.21-0.8/fs/namei.c 2006-08-03 02:54:31.000000000 -0600
+@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@
+ if (!error) {
+ DQUOT_INIT(inode);
+
+- error = do_truncate(dentry, 0, ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME, NULL);
++ error = do_truncate(dentry, 0, ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME, NULL, 1);
+ }
+ put_write_access(inode);
+ if (error)
+@@ -1911,6 +1911,7 @@
+ char * tmp;
+ struct dentry * dentry;
+ struct nameidata nd;
++ intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_LOOKUP);
+
+ if (S_ISDIR(mode))
+ return -EPERM;
+@@ -1921,6 +1922,15 @@
+ error = do_path_lookup(dfd, tmp, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+ if (error)
+ goto out;
++
++ if (nd.dentry->d_inode->i_op->mknod_raw) {
++ struct inode_operations *op = nd.dentry->d_inode->i_op;
++ error = op->mknod_raw(&nd, mode, dev);
++ /* the file system wants to use normal vfs path now */
++ if (error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
++ goto out2;
++ }
++
+ dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0);
+ error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+
+@@ -1947,6 +1957,7 @@
+ dput(dentry);
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
++out2:
+ path_release(&nd);
+ out:
+ putname(tmp);
+@@ -1992,9 +2003,18 @@
+ struct dentry *dentry;
+ struct nameidata nd;
+
++ intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_LOOKUP);
+ error = do_path_lookup(dfd, tmp, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+ if (error)
+ goto out;
++ if (nd.dentry->d_inode->i_op->mkdir_raw) {
++ struct inode_operations *op = nd.dentry->d_inode->i_op;
++ error = op->mkdir_raw(&nd, mode);
++ /* the file system wants to use normal vfs path now */
++ if (error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
++ goto out2;
++ }
++
+ dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 1);
+ error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+ if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+@@ -2004,6 +2024,7 @@
+ dput(dentry);
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
++out2:
+ path_release(&nd);
+ out:
+ putname(tmp);
+@@ -2084,6 +2105,7 @@
+ char * name;
+ struct dentry *dentry;
+ struct nameidata nd;
++ intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_LOOKUP);
+
+ name = getname(pathname);
+ if(IS_ERR(name))
+@@ -2104,6 +2126,14 @@
+ error = -EBUSY;
+ goto exit1;
+ }
++ if (nd.dentry->d_inode->i_op->rmdir_raw) {
++ struct inode_operations *op = nd.dentry->d_inode->i_op;
++
++ error = op->rmdir_raw(&nd);
++ /* the file system wants to use normal vfs path now */
++ if (error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
++ goto exit1;
++ }
+ mutex_lock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+ dentry = lookup_hash(&nd);
+ error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+@@ -2167,6 +2197,7 @@
+ struct dentry *dentry;
+ struct nameidata nd;
+ struct inode *inode = NULL;
++ intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_LOOKUP);
+
+ name = getname(pathname);
+ if(IS_ERR(name))
+@@ -2178,6 +2209,13 @@
+ error = -EISDIR;
+ if (nd.last_type != LAST_NORM)
+ goto exit1;
++ if (nd.dentry->d_inode->i_op->unlink_raw) {
++ struct inode_operations *op = nd.dentry->d_inode->i_op;
++ error = op->unlink_raw(&nd);
++ /* the file system wants to use normal vfs path now */
++ if (error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
++ goto exit1;
++ }
+ mutex_lock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+ dentry = lookup_hash(&nd);
+ error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+@@ -2260,9 +2298,17 @@
+ struct dentry *dentry;
+ struct nameidata nd;
+
++ intent_init(&nd.intent, IT_LOOKUP);
+ error = do_path_lookup(newdfd, to, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+ if (error)
+ goto out;
++ if (nd.dentry->d_inode->i_op->symlink_raw) {
++ struct inode_operations *op = nd.dentry->d_inode->i_op;
++ error = op->symlink_raw(&nd, from);
++ /* the file system wants to use normal vfs path now */
++ if (error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
++ goto out2;
++ }
+ dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0);
+ error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+ if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+@@ -2270,6 +2316,7 @@
+ dput(dentry);
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
++out2:
+ path_release(&nd);
+ out:
+ putname(to);
+@@ -2357,6 +2404,13 @@
+ error = -EXDEV;
+ if (old_nd.mnt != nd.mnt)
+ goto out_release;
++ if (nd.dentry->d_inode->i_op->link_raw) {
++ struct inode_operations *op = nd.dentry->d_inode->i_op;
++ error = op->link_raw(&old_nd, &nd);
++ /* the file system wants to use normal vfs path now */
++ if (error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
++ goto out_release;
++ }
+ new_dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0);
+ error = PTR_ERR(new_dentry);
+ if (!IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
+@@ -2533,6 +2587,8 @@
+ struct dentry * old_dentry, *new_dentry;
+ struct dentry * trap;
+ struct nameidata oldnd, newnd;
++ intent_init(&oldnd.intent, IT_LOOKUP);
++ intent_init(&newnd.intent, IT_LOOKUP);
+
+ error = do_path_lookup(olddfd, oldname, LOOKUP_PARENT, &oldnd);
+ if (error)
+@@ -2555,6 +2611,13 @@
+ if (newnd.last_type != LAST_NORM)
+ goto exit2;
+
++ if (old_dir->d_inode->i_op->rename_raw) {
++ error = old_dir->d_inode->i_op->rename_raw(&oldnd, &newnd);
++ /* the file system wants to use normal vfs path now */
++ if (error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
++ goto exit2;
++ }
++
+ trap = lock_rename(new_dir, old_dir);
+
+ old_dentry = lookup_hash(&oldnd);
+@@ -2586,8 +2649,7 @@
+ if (new_dentry == trap)
+ goto exit5;
+
+- error = vfs_rename(old_dir->d_inode, old_dentry,
+- new_dir->d_inode, new_dentry);
++ error = vfs_rename(old_dir->d_inode, old_dentry, new_dir->d_inode, new_dentry);
+ exit5:
+ dput(new_dentry);
+ exit4:
+Index: linux-2.6.16.21-0.8/fs/exec.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.16.21-0.8.orig/fs/exec.c 2006-08-03 01:34:33.000000000 -0600
++++ linux-2.6.16.21-0.8/fs/exec.c 2006-08-03 01:35:38.000000000 -0600
+@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@
+ goto close_fail;
+ if (!file->f_op->write)
+ goto close_fail;
+- if (do_truncate(file->f_dentry, 0, 0, file) != 0)
++ if (do_truncate(file->f_dentry, 0, 0, file, 0) != 0)
+ goto close_fail;
+
+ retval = binfmt->core_dump(signr, regs, file);
+Index: linux-2.6.16.21-0.8/include/linux/fs.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.16.21-0.8.orig/include/linux/fs.h 2006-08-03 01:34:33.000000000 -0600
++++ linux-2.6.16.21-0.8/include/linux/fs.h 2006-08-03 01:35:38.000000000 -0600
+@@ -1041,13 +1041,20 @@
+ int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int, struct nameidata *);
+ struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
+ int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
++ int (*link_raw) (struct nameidata *,struct nameidata *);
+ int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
++ int (*unlink_raw) (struct nameidata *);
+ int (*symlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
++ int (*symlink_raw) (struct nameidata *,const char *);
+ int (*mkdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int);
++ int (*mkdir_raw) (struct nameidata *,int);
+ int (*rmdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
++ int (*rmdir_raw) (struct nameidata *);
+ int (*mknod) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int,dev_t);
++ int (*mknod_raw) (struct nameidata *,int,dev_t);
+ int (*rename) (struct inode *, struct dentry *,
+ struct inode *, struct dentry *);
++ int (*rename_raw) (struct nameidata *, struct nameidata *);
+ int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
+ void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
+ void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
+@@ -1357,7 +1364,7 @@
+ /* fs/open.c */
+
+ extern int do_truncate(struct dentry *, loff_t start, unsigned int time_attrs,
+- struct file *filp);
++ struct file *filp, int called_from_open);
+ extern long do_sys_open(int fdf, const char __user *filename, int flags,
+ int mode);
+ extern struct file *filp_open(const char *, int, int);