static void cache_init(struct cache_head *h)
 {
        time_t now = seconds_since_boot();
-       h->next = NULL;
+       INIT_HLIST_NODE(&h->cache_list);
        h->flags = 0;
        kref_init(&h->ref);
        h->expiry_time = now + CACHE_NEW_EXPIRY;
 struct cache_head *sunrpc_cache_lookup(struct cache_detail *detail,
                                       struct cache_head *key, int hash)
 {
-       struct cache_head **head,  **hp;
-       struct cache_head *new = NULL, *freeme = NULL;
+       struct cache_head *new = NULL, *freeme = NULL, *tmp = NULL;
+       struct hlist_head *head;
 
        head = &detail->hash_table[hash];
 
        read_lock(&detail->hash_lock);
 
-       for (hp=head; *hp != NULL ; hp = &(*hp)->next) {
-               struct cache_head *tmp = *hp;
+       hlist_for_each_entry(tmp, head, cache_list) {
                if (detail->match(tmp, key)) {
                        if (cache_is_expired(detail, tmp))
                                /* This entry is expired, we will discard it. */
        write_lock(&detail->hash_lock);
 
        /* check if entry appeared while we slept */
-       for (hp=head; *hp != NULL ; hp = &(*hp)->next) {
-               struct cache_head *tmp = *hp;
+       hlist_for_each_entry(tmp, head, cache_list) {
                if (detail->match(tmp, key)) {
                        if (cache_is_expired(detail, tmp)) {
-                               *hp = tmp->next;
-                               tmp->next = NULL;
+                               hlist_del_init(&tmp->cache_list);
                                detail->entries --;
                                freeme = tmp;
                                break;
                        return tmp;
                }
        }
-       new->next = *head;
-       *head = new;
+
+       hlist_add_head(&new->cache_list, head);
        detail->entries++;
        cache_get(new);
        write_unlock(&detail->hash_lock);
         * If 'old' is not VALID, we update it directly,
         * otherwise we need to replace it
         */
-       struct cache_head **head;
        struct cache_head *tmp;
 
        if (!test_bit(CACHE_VALID, &old->flags)) {
        }
        cache_init(tmp);
        detail->init(tmp, old);
-       head = &detail->hash_table[hash];
 
        write_lock(&detail->hash_lock);
        if (test_bit(CACHE_NEGATIVE, &new->flags))
                set_bit(CACHE_NEGATIVE, &tmp->flags);
        else
                detail->update(tmp, new);
-       tmp->next = *head;
-       *head = tmp;
+       hlist_add_head(&tmp->cache_list, &detail->hash_table[hash]);
        detail->entries++;
        cache_get(tmp);
        cache_fresh_locked(tmp, new->expiry_time);
        /* find a non-empty bucket in the table */
        while (current_detail &&
               current_index < current_detail->hash_size &&
-              current_detail->hash_table[current_index] == NULL)
+              hlist_empty(¤t_detail->hash_table[current_index]))
                current_index++;
 
        /* find a cleanable entry in the bucket and clean it, or set to next bucket */
 
        if (current_detail && current_index < current_detail->hash_size) {
-               struct cache_head *ch, **cp;
+               struct cache_head *ch = NULL;
                struct cache_detail *d;
+               struct hlist_head *head;
+               struct hlist_node *tmp;
 
                write_lock(¤t_detail->hash_lock);
 
                /* Ok, now to clean this strand */
 
-               cp = & current_detail->hash_table[current_index];
-               for (ch = *cp ; ch ; cp = & ch->next, ch = *cp) {
+               head = ¤t_detail->hash_table[current_index];
+               hlist_for_each_entry_safe(ch, tmp, head, cache_list) {
                        if (current_detail->nextcheck > ch->expiry_time)
                                current_detail->nextcheck = ch->expiry_time+1;
                        if (!cache_is_expired(current_detail, ch))
                                continue;
 
-                       *cp = ch->next;
-                       ch->next = NULL;
+                       hlist_del_init(&ch->cache_list);
                        current_detail->entries--;
                        rv = 1;
                        break;
        hash = n >> 32;
        entry = n & ((1LL<<32) - 1);
 
-       for (ch=cd->hash_table[hash]; ch; ch=ch->next)
+       hlist_for_each_entry(ch, &cd->hash_table[hash], cache_list)
                if (!entry--)
                        return ch;
        n &= ~((1LL<<32) - 1);
                hash++;
                n += 1LL<<32;
        } while(hash < cd->hash_size &&
-               cd->hash_table[hash]==NULL);
+               hlist_empty(&cd->hash_table[hash]));
        if (hash >= cd->hash_size)
                return NULL;
        *pos = n+1;
-       return cd->hash_table[hash];
+       return hlist_entry_safe(cd->hash_table[hash].first,
+                               struct cache_head, cache_list);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cache_seq_start);
 
 
        if (p == SEQ_START_TOKEN)
                hash = 0;
-       else if (ch->next == NULL) {
+       else if (ch->cache_list.next == NULL) {
                hash++;
                *pos += 1LL<<32;
        } else {
                ++*pos;
-               return ch->next;
+               return hlist_entry_safe(ch->cache_list.next,
+                                       struct cache_head, cache_list);
        }
        *pos &= ~((1LL<<32) - 1);
        while (hash < cd->hash_size &&
-              cd->hash_table[hash] == NULL) {
+              hlist_empty(&cd->hash_table[hash])) {
                hash++;
                *pos += 1LL<<32;
        }
        if (hash >= cd->hash_size)
                return NULL;
        ++*pos;
-       return cd->hash_table[hash];
+       return hlist_entry_safe(cd->hash_table[hash].first,
+                               struct cache_head, cache_list);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cache_seq_next);
 
 struct cache_detail *cache_create_net(struct cache_detail *tmpl, struct net *net)
 {
        struct cache_detail *cd;
+       int i;
 
        cd = kmemdup(tmpl, sizeof(struct cache_detail), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (cd == NULL)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-       cd->hash_table = kzalloc(cd->hash_size * sizeof(struct cache_head *),
+       cd->hash_table = kzalloc(cd->hash_size * sizeof(struct hlist_head),
                                 GFP_KERNEL);
        if (cd->hash_table == NULL) {
                kfree(cd);
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
        }
+
+       for (i = 0; i < cd->hash_size; i++)
+               INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&cd->hash_table[i]);
        cd->net = net;
        return cd;
 }