diff -urN 2.3.18ac9-inode/fs/dcache.c 2.3.18ac9-select_dcache/fs/dcache.c
--- 2.3.18ac9-inode/fs/dcache.c	Wed Sep 29 16:04:39 1999
+++ 2.3.18ac9-select_dcache/fs/dcache.c	Wed Sep 29 16:08:28 1999
@@ -196,72 +196,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Select less valuable dentries to be pruned when we need
- * inodes or memory. The selected dentries are moved to the
- * old end of the list where prune_dcache() can find them.
- * 
- * Negative dentries are included in the selection so that
- * they don't accumulate at the end of the list. The count
- * returned is the total number of dentries selected, which
- * may be much larger than the requested number of inodes.
- */
-int select_dcache(int inode_count, int page_count)
-{
-	struct list_head *next, *tail = &dentry_unused;
-	int found = 0;
-	int depth = dentry_stat.nr_unused >> 1;
-	unsigned long max_value = 4;
-
-	if (page_count)
-		max_value = -1;
-
-	next = tail->prev;
-	while (next != &dentry_unused && depth--) {
-		struct list_head *tmp = next;
-		struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_lru);
-		struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-		unsigned long value = 0;	
-
-		next = tmp->prev;
-		if (dentry->d_count) {
-			dentry_stat.nr_unused--;
-			list_del(tmp);
-			INIT_LIST_HEAD(tmp);
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Select dentries based on the page cache count ...
-		 * should factor in number of uses as well. We take
-		 * all negative dentries so that they don't accumulate.
-		 * (We skip inodes that aren't immediately available.)
-		 */
-		if (inode) {
-			value = inode->i_nrpages;	
-			if (value >= max_value)
-				continue;
-			if (inode->i_state || inode->i_count > 1)
-				continue;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Move the selected dentries behind the tail.
-		 */
-		if (tmp != tail->prev) {
-			list_del(tmp);
-			list_add(tmp, tail->prev);
-		}
-		tail = tmp;
-		found++;
-		if (inode && --inode_count <= 0)
-			break;
-		if (page_count && (page_count -= value) <= 0)
-			break;
-	}
-	return found;
-}
-
-/*
  * Throw away a dentry - free the inode, dput the parent.
  * This requires that the LRU list has already been
  * removed.
diff -urN 2.3.18ac9-inode/fs/dquot.c 2.3.18ac9-select_dcache/fs/dquot.c
--- 2.3.18ac9-inode/fs/dquot.c	Wed Sep 29 16:04:39 1999
+++ 2.3.18ac9-select_dcache/fs/dquot.c	Wed Sep 29 16:08:30 1999
@@ -516,7 +516,6 @@
 	/*
 	 * Try pruning the dcache to free up some dquots ...
 	 */
-	count = select_dcache(128, 0);
 	if (count) {
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "get_empty_dquot: pruning %d\n", count);
 		prune_dcache(count);
diff -urN 2.3.18ac9-inode/include/linux/dcache.h 2.3.18ac9-select_dcache/include/linux/dcache.h
--- 2.3.18ac9-inode/include/linux/dcache.h	Wed Sep 29 16:04:39 1999
+++ 2.3.18ac9-select_dcache/include/linux/dcache.h	Wed Sep 29 16:11:28 1999
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@
 
 /* allocate/de-allocate */
 extern struct dentry * d_alloc(struct dentry *, const struct qstr *);
-extern void prune_dcache(int);
 extern void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block *);
 extern void shrink_dcache_parent(struct dentry *);
 extern int d_invalidate(struct dentry *);
@@ -139,9 +138,8 @@
 #define shrink_dcache() prune_dcache(0)
 
 /* dcache memory management */
-extern int  select_dcache(int, int);
 extern int shrink_dcache_memory(int, unsigned int);
-extern void check_dcache_memory(void);
+extern void prune_dcache(int);
 
 /* icache memory management (defined in linux/fs/inode.c) */
 extern int shrink_icache_memory(int, int);