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+/*********************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program 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 version 2 and no later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+ *
+ *********************************************************/
+
+#include "compat_version.h"
+#include "compat_autoconf.h"
+
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 6, 0) && \
+    LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 2, 0)
+#include <linux/dcache.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
+/*
+ * After 3.19.0, the dentry d_alias field was moved. Fedora
+ * backported this behavior into earlier kernels.
+ * The type of the d_alias field changed from 3.6 onwards
+ * which was a list head to being a list node. The check
+ * for 3.6 onwards is done separately.
+ *
+ * This test will fail on a kernel with such a patch.
+ */
+void test(void)
+{
+   struct dentry aliasDentry;
+
+   INIT_LIST_HEAD(&aliasDentry.d_alias);
+}
+
+#else
+/*
+ * Intentionally passes for earlier than 3.2.0 kernels as d_alias is valid.
+ *
+ * Intentionally passes for 3.6.0 or later kernels as d_alias is a different type.
+ * A separate test with the different type is run for those kernel versions.
+ */
+#endif