From latest -aa kernels. Not sure what it "fixes" though. fs/inode.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN fs/inode.c~clean-inode-fix fs/inode.c --- 25/fs/inode.c~clean-inode-fix 2003-03-14 04:30:22.000000000 -0800 +++ 25-akpm/fs/inode.c 2003-03-14 04:56:18.000000000 -0800 @@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ static struct inode *alloc_inode(struct inode->i_pipe = NULL; inode->i_bdev = NULL; inode->i_cdev = NULL; + inode->i_rdev = to_kdev_t(0); inode->i_security = NULL; if (security_inode_alloc(inode)) { if (inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode) _