return;
                }
                if (hpfs_ea_read(s, a, ano, pos, 4, ex)) return;
-               if (ea->indirect) {
+               if (ea_indirect(ea)) {
                        if (ea_valuelen(ea) != 8) {
-                               hpfs_error(s, "ea->indirect set while ea->valuelen!=8, %s %08x, pos %08x",
+                               hpfs_error(s, "ea_indirect(ea) set while ea->valuelen!=8, %s %08x, pos %08x",
                                        ano ? "anode" : "sectors", a, pos);
                                return;
                        }
                        if (hpfs_ea_read(s, a, ano, pos + 4, ea->namelen + 9, ex+4))
                                return;
-                       hpfs_ea_remove(s, ea_sec(ea), ea->anode, ea_len(ea));
+                       hpfs_ea_remove(s, ea_sec(ea), ea_in_anode(ea), ea_len(ea));
                }
                pos += ea->namelen + ea_valuelen(ea) + 5;
        }
        struct extended_attribute *ea_end = fnode_end_ea(fnode);
        for (ea = fnode_ea(fnode); ea < ea_end; ea = next_ea(ea))
                if (!strcmp(ea->name, key)) {
-                       if (ea->indirect)
+                       if (ea_indirect(ea))
                                goto indirect;
                        if (ea_valuelen(ea) >= size)
                                return -EINVAL;
                        return -EIO;
                }
                if (hpfs_ea_read(s, a, ano, pos, 4, ex)) return -EIO;
-               if (hpfs_ea_read(s, a, ano, pos + 4, ea->namelen + 1 + (ea->indirect ? 8 : 0), ex + 4))
+               if (hpfs_ea_read(s, a, ano, pos + 4, ea->namelen + 1 + (ea_indirect(ea) ? 8 : 0), ex + 4))
                        return -EIO;
                if (!strcmp(ea->name, key)) {
-                       if (ea->indirect)
+                       if (ea_indirect(ea))
                                goto indirect;
                        if (ea_valuelen(ea) >= size)
                                return -EINVAL;
 indirect:
        if (ea_len(ea) >= size)
                return -EINVAL;
-       if (hpfs_ea_read(s, ea_sec(ea), ea->anode, 0, ea_len(ea), buf))
+       if (hpfs_ea_read(s, ea_sec(ea), ea_in_anode(ea), 0, ea_len(ea), buf))
                return -EIO;
        buf[ea_len(ea)] = 0;
        return 0;
        struct extended_attribute *ea_end = fnode_end_ea(fnode);
        for (ea = fnode_ea(fnode); ea < ea_end; ea = next_ea(ea))
                if (!strcmp(ea->name, key)) {
-                       if (ea->indirect)
-                               return get_indirect_ea(s, ea->anode, ea_sec(ea), *size = ea_len(ea));
+                       if (ea_indirect(ea))
+                               return get_indirect_ea(s, ea_in_anode(ea), ea_sec(ea), *size = ea_len(ea));
                        if (!(ret = kmalloc((*size = ea_valuelen(ea)) + 1, GFP_NOFS))) {
                                printk("HPFS: out of memory for EA\n");
                                return NULL;
                        return NULL;
                }
                if (hpfs_ea_read(s, a, ano, pos, 4, ex)) return NULL;
-               if (hpfs_ea_read(s, a, ano, pos + 4, ea->namelen + 1 + (ea->indirect ? 8 : 0), ex + 4))
+               if (hpfs_ea_read(s, a, ano, pos + 4, ea->namelen + 1 + (ea_indirect(ea) ? 8 : 0), ex + 4))
                        return NULL;
                if (!strcmp(ea->name, key)) {
-                       if (ea->indirect)
-                               return get_indirect_ea(s, ea->anode, ea_sec(ea), *size = ea_len(ea));
+                       if (ea_indirect(ea))
+                               return get_indirect_ea(s, ea_in_anode(ea), ea_sec(ea), *size = ea_len(ea));
                        if (!(ret = kmalloc((*size = ea_valuelen(ea)) + 1, GFP_NOFS))) {
                                printk("HPFS: out of memory for EA\n");
                                return NULL;
        struct extended_attribute *ea_end = fnode_end_ea(fnode);
        for (ea = fnode_ea(fnode); ea < ea_end; ea = next_ea(ea))
                if (!strcmp(ea->name, key)) {
-                       if (ea->indirect) {
+                       if (ea_indirect(ea)) {
                                if (ea_len(ea) == size)
-                                       set_indirect_ea(s, ea->anode, ea_sec(ea), data, size);
+                                       set_indirect_ea(s, ea_in_anode(ea), ea_sec(ea), data, size);
                        } else if (ea_valuelen(ea) == size) {
                                memcpy(ea_data(ea), data, size);
                        }
                        return;
                }
                if (hpfs_ea_read(s, a, ano, pos, 4, ex)) return;
-               if (hpfs_ea_read(s, a, ano, pos + 4, ea->namelen + 1 + (ea->indirect ? 8 : 0), ex + 4))
+               if (hpfs_ea_read(s, a, ano, pos + 4, ea->namelen + 1 + (ea_indirect(ea) ? 8 : 0), ex + 4))
                        return;
                if (!strcmp(ea->name, key)) {
-                       if (ea->indirect) {
+                       if (ea_indirect(ea)) {
                                if (ea_len(ea) == size)
-                                       set_indirect_ea(s, ea->anode, ea_sec(ea), data, size);
+                                       set_indirect_ea(s, ea_in_anode(ea), ea_sec(ea), data, size);
                        }
                        else {
                                if (ea_valuelen(ea) == size)
 
    run, or in multiple runs.  Flags in the fnode tell whether the EA list
    is immediate, in a single run, or in multiple runs. */
 
+enum {EA_indirect = 1, EA_anode = 2, EA_needea = 128 };
 struct extended_attribute
 {
-#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
-  u8 indirect: 1;                      /* 1 -> value gives sector number
+  u8 flags;                            /* bit 0 set -> value gives sector number
                                           where real value starts */
-  u8 anode: 1;                         /* 1 -> sector is an anode
-                                          that points to fragmented value */
-  u8 flag23456: 5;
-  u8 needea: 1;                                /* required ea */
-#else
-  u8 needea: 1;                                /* required ea */
-  u8 flag23456: 5;
-  u8 anode: 1;                         /* 1 -> sector is an anode
+                                       /* bit 1 set -> sector is an anode
                                           that points to fragmented value */
-  u8 indirect: 1;                      /* 1 -> value gives sector number
-                                          where real value starts */
-#endif
+                                       /* bit 7 set -> required ea */
   u8 namelen;                          /* length of name, bytes */
   u8 valuelen_lo;                      /* length of value, bytes */
   u8 valuelen_hi;                      /* length of value, bytes */
-  u8 name[0];
+  u8 name[];
   /*
     u8 name[namelen];                  ascii attrib name
     u8 nul;                            terminating '\0', not counted
     u8 value[valuelen];                        value, arbitrary
-      if this.indirect, valuelen is 8 and the value is
+      if this.flags & 1, valuelen is 8 and the value is
         u32 length;                    real length of value, bytes
         secno secno;                   sector address where it starts
       if this.anode, the above sector number is the root of an anode tree
   */
 };
 
+static inline bool ea_indirect(struct extended_attribute *ea)
+{
+       return ea->flags & EA_indirect;
+}
+
+static inline bool ea_in_anode(struct extended_attribute *ea)
+{
+       return ea->flags & EA_anode;
+}
+
 /*
    Local Variables:
    comment-column: 40