*/
 static int ext3_release_file (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 {
-       if (EXT3_I(inode)->i_state & EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE) {
+       if (ext3_test_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE)) {
                filemap_flush(inode->i_mapping);
-               EXT3_I(inode)->i_state &= ~EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE;
+               ext3_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE);
        }
        /* if we are the last writer on the inode, drop the block reservation */
        if ((filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
 
         */
        if (pos + len > inode->i_size && ext3_can_truncate(inode))
                ext3_orphan_add(handle, inode);
-       EXT3_I(inode)->i_state |= EXT3_STATE_JDATA;
+       ext3_set_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_JDATA);
        if (inode->i_size > EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize) {
                EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
                ret2 = ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
        journal_t *journal;
        int err;
 
-       if (EXT3_I(inode)->i_state & EXT3_STATE_JDATA) {
+       if (ext3_test_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_JDATA)) {
                /*
                 * This is a REALLY heavyweight approach, but the use of
                 * bmap on dirty files is expected to be extremely rare:
                 * everything they get.
                 */
 
-               EXT3_I(inode)->i_state &= ~EXT3_STATE_JDATA;
+               ext3_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_JDATA);
                journal = EXT3_JOURNAL(inode);
                journal_lock_updates(journal);
                err = journal_flush(journal);
                                PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, NULL, write_end_fn);
                if (ret == 0)
                        ret = err;
-               EXT3_I(inode)->i_state |= EXT3_STATE_JDATA;
+               ext3_set_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_JDATA);
                unlock_page(page);
        } else {
                /*
                goto out_notrans;
 
        if (inode->i_size == 0 && ext3_should_writeback_data(inode))
-               ei->i_state |= EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE;
+               ext3_set_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE);
 
        /*
         * We have to lock the EOF page here, because lock_page() nests
 {
        /* We have all inode data except xattrs in memory here. */
        return __ext3_get_inode_loc(inode, iloc,
-               !(EXT3_I(inode)->i_state & EXT3_STATE_XATTR));
+               !ext3_test_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_XATTR));
 }
 
 void ext3_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
                                        EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE +
                                        ei->i_extra_isize;
                        if (*magic == cpu_to_le32(EXT3_XATTR_MAGIC))
-                                ei->i_state |= EXT3_STATE_XATTR;
+                                ext3_set_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_XATTR);
                }
        } else
                ei->i_extra_isize = 0;
 
        /* For fields not not tracking in the in-memory inode,
         * initialise them to zero for new inodes. */
-       if (ei->i_state & EXT3_STATE_NEW)
+       if (ext3_test_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_NEW))
                memset(raw_inode, 0, EXT3_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size);
 
        ext3_get_inode_flags(ei);
        rc = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, bh);
        if (!err)
                err = rc;
-       ei->i_state &= ~EXT3_STATE_NEW;
+       ext3_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_NEW);
 
        atomic_set(&ei->i_sync_tid, handle->h_transaction->t_tid);
 out_brelse:
 
        void *end;
        int error;
 
-       if (!(EXT3_I(inode)->i_state & EXT3_STATE_XATTR))
+       if (!ext3_test_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_XATTR))
                return -ENODATA;
        error = ext3_get_inode_loc(inode, &iloc);
        if (error)
        void *end;
        int error;
 
-       if (!(EXT3_I(inode)->i_state & EXT3_STATE_XATTR))
+       if (!ext3_test_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_XATTR))
                return 0;
        error = ext3_get_inode_loc(inode, &iloc);
        if (error)
        is->s.base = is->s.first = IFIRST(header);
        is->s.here = is->s.first;
        is->s.end = (void *)raw_inode + EXT3_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size;
-       if (EXT3_I(inode)->i_state & EXT3_STATE_XATTR) {
+       if (ext3_test_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_XATTR)) {
                error = ext3_xattr_check_names(IFIRST(header), is->s.end);
                if (error)
                        return error;
        header = IHDR(inode, ext3_raw_inode(&is->iloc));
        if (!IS_LAST_ENTRY(s->first)) {
                header->h_magic = cpu_to_le32(EXT3_XATTR_MAGIC);
-               EXT3_I(inode)->i_state |= EXT3_STATE_XATTR;
+               ext3_set_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_XATTR);
        } else {
                header->h_magic = cpu_to_le32(0);
-               EXT3_I(inode)->i_state &= ~EXT3_STATE_XATTR;
+               ext3_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_XATTR);
        }
        return 0;
 }
        if (error)
                goto cleanup;
 
-       if (EXT3_I(inode)->i_state & EXT3_STATE_NEW) {
+       if (ext3_test_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_NEW)) {
                struct ext3_inode *raw_inode = ext3_raw_inode(&is.iloc);
                memset(raw_inode, 0, EXT3_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size);
-               EXT3_I(inode)->i_state &= ~EXT3_STATE_NEW;
+               ext3_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_NEW);
        }
 
        error = ext3_xattr_ibody_find(inode, &i, &is);
 
                return flags & EXT3_OTHER_FLMASK;
 }
 
-/*
- * Inode dynamic state flags
- */
-#define EXT3_STATE_JDATA               0x00000001 /* journaled data exists */
-#define EXT3_STATE_NEW                 0x00000002 /* inode is newly created */
-#define EXT3_STATE_XATTR               0x00000004 /* has in-inode xattrs */
-#define EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE      0x00000008
-
 /* Used to pass group descriptor data when online resize is done */
 struct ext3_new_group_input {
        __u32 group;            /* Group number for this data */
                (ino >= EXT3_FIRST_INO(sb) &&
                 ino <= le32_to_cpu(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count));
 }
+
+/*
+ * Inode dynamic state flags
+ */
+enum {
+       EXT3_STATE_JDATA,               /* journaled data exists */
+       EXT3_STATE_NEW,                 /* inode is newly created */
+       EXT3_STATE_XATTR,               /* has in-inode xattrs */
+       EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE,      /* flush dirty pages on close */
+};
+
+static inline int ext3_test_inode_state(struct inode *inode, int bit)
+{
+       return test_bit(bit, &EXT3_I(inode)->i_state);
+}
+
+static inline void ext3_set_inode_state(struct inode *inode, int bit)
+{
+       set_bit(bit, &EXT3_I(inode)->i_state);
+}
+
+static inline void ext3_clear_inode_state(struct inode *inode, int bit)
+{
+       clear_bit(bit, &EXT3_I(inode)->i_state);
+}
 #else
 /* Assume that user mode programs are passing in an ext3fs superblock, not
  * a kernel struct super_block.  This will allow us to call the feature-test
 
         * near to their parent directory's inode.
         */
        __u32   i_block_group;
-       __u32   i_state;                /* Dynamic state flags for ext3 */
+       unsigned long   i_state;        /* Dynamic state flags for ext3 */
 
        /* block reservation info */
        struct ext3_block_alloc_info *i_block_alloc_info;