--- linux-2.2.10/fs/inode.c~	Tue Jul 13 00:33:09 1999
+++ linux-2.2.10/fs/inode.c	Sun Jul 18 19:42:42 1999
@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@
 			inode = list_entry(tmp, struct inode, i_list);
 			return inode;
 		}
+		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+		printk(KERN_WARNING
+		       "grow_inodes: inode-max limit reached\n");
+		return NULL;
 	}
 		
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);