[PATCH] Re: [BUGFIX] handling bad inodes in 2.4.x kernels (fwd)

here's much simpler fix (both 2.4 and 2.5):

[PATCH] Re: [BUGFIX] handling bad inodes in 2.4.x kernels (fwd)
here's much simpler fix (both 2.4 and 2.5):
6c4ce4b9 · Alexander Viro · Linus Torvalds · eac94688 · 6c4ce4b9
Commit 6c4ce4b9 authored Feb 24, 2002 by Alexander Viro Committed by Linus Torvalds Feb 24, 2002
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--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
 */
 static int bad_follow_link(struct dentry *dent, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	dput(nd->dentry);
-	nd->dentry = dget(dent);
-	return 0;
+	return vfs_follow_link(nd, ERR_PTR(-EIO));
 }

 static int return_EIO(void)