diff --git a/include/inode.h b/include/inode.h
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--- a/include/inode.h
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+/*
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * inode.h - Defines for NTFS inode handling. Part of the Linux-NTFS project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2001,2002 Anton Altaparmakov.
+ *
+ * This program/include file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program/include file is distributed in the hope that it will be
+ * useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
+ * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program (in the main directory of the Linux-NTFS
+ * distribution in the file COPYING); if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation,Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NTFS_INODE_H
+#define _NTFS_INODE_H
+
+/* Forward declaration */
+typedef struct _ntfs_inode ntfs_inode;
+
+#include "types.h"
+#include "support.h"
+#include "runlist.h"
+
+/*
+ * Defined bits for the state field in the ntfs_inode structure.
+ * (f) = files only, (d) = directories only
+ */
+typedef enum {
+	NI_Dirty,		/* 1: Mft record needs to be written to disk. */
+	NI_AttrList,		/* 1: Mft record contains an attribute list. */
+	NI_AttrListNonResident,	/* 1: Attribute list is non-resident. Implies
+				      NI_AttrList is set. */
+	NI_AttrListDirty,	/* 1: Attribute list needs to be written to the
+				      mft record and then to disk. */
+} ntfs_inode_state_bits;
+
+#define  test_nino_flag(ni, flag)	 test_bit(NI_##flag, (ni)->state)
+#define   set_nino_flag(ni, flag)	  set_bit(NI_##flag, (ni)->state)
+#define clear_nino_flag(ni, flag)	clear_bit(NI_##flag, (ni)->state)
+
+#define NInoDirty(ni)		 test_nino_flag(ni, Dirty)
+#define NInoSetDirty(ni)	  set_nino_flag(ni, Dirty)
+#define NInoClearDirty(ni)	clear_nino_flag(ni, Dirty)
+
+#define NInoAttrList(ni)	 test_nino_flag(ni, AttrList)
+#define NInoSetAttrList(ni)	  set_nino_flag(ni, AttrList)
+#define NInoClearAttrList(ni)	clear_nino_flag(ni, AttrList)
+
+#define  test_nino_al_flag(ni, flag)	 test_nino_flag(ni, AttrList##flag)
+#define   set_nino_al_flag(ni, flag)	  set_nino_flag(ni, AttrList##flag)
+#define clear_nino_al_flag(ni, flag)	clear_nino_flag(ni, AttrList##flag)
+
+#define NInoAttrListNonResident(ni)	   test_nino_al_flag(ni, NonResident)
+#define NInoSetAttrListNonResident(ni)	    set_nino_al_flag(ni, NonResident)
+#define NInoClearAttrListNonResident(ni)  clear_nino_al_flag(ni, NonResident)
+
+#define NInoAttrListDirty(ni)		   test_nino_al_flag(ni, Dirty)
+#define NInoAttrListSetDirty(ni)	    set_nino_al_flag(ni, Dirty)
+#define NInoAttrListClearDirty(ni)	  clear_nino_al_flag(ni, Dirty)
+
+/*
+ * The NTFS in-memory inode structure. It is just used as an extension to the
+ * fields already provided in the VFS inode.
+ */
+struct _ntfs_inode {
+	u64 mft_no;		/* Inode / mft record number. */
+	MFT_RECORD *mrec;	/* The actual mft record of the inode. */
+	ntfs_volume *vol;	/* Pointer to the ntfs volume of this inode. */
+	unsigned long state;	/* NTFS specific flags describing this inode.
+				   See ntfs_inode_state_bits above. */
+	/*
+	 * Attribute list support (for use by the attribute lookup functions).
+	 * Setup during ntfs_open_inode() for all inodes with attribute lists.
+	 * Only valid if NI_AttrList is set in state, further attr_list_rl is
+	 * only valid if NI_AttrListNonResident is set.
+	 */
+	u32 attr_list_size;	/* Length of attribute list value in bytes. */
+	u8 *attr_list;		/* Attribute list value itself. */
+	run_list *attr_list_rl;	/* Run list for the attribute list value. */
+	s32 nr_extents;		/* For a base mft record, the number of
+				   attached extent inodes (0 if none), for
+				   extent records this is -1. */
+	union {		/* This union is only used if nr_extents != 0. */
+		ntfs_inode **extent_nis;/* For nr_extents > 0, array of the
+					   ntfs inodes of the extent mft
+					   records belonging to this base
+					   inode which have been loaded. */
+		ntfs_inode *base_ni;	/* For nr_extents == -1, the ntfs
+					   inode of the base mft record. */
+	};
+};
+
+extern ntfs_inode *ntfs_open_inode(ntfs_volume *vol, const MFT_REF mref);
+
+extern int ntfs_close_inode(ntfs_inode *ni);
+
+extern ntfs_inode *ntfs_open_extent_inode(ntfs_inode *base_ni,
+		const MFT_REF mref);
+
+#endif /* defined _NTFS_INODE_H */
+