struct list_head dlist; /* list of all fids attached to a dentry */
 };
 
+int p9_client_version(struct p9_client *);
 struct p9_client *p9_client_create(const char *dev_name, char *options);
 void p9_client_destroy(struct p9_client *clnt);
 void p9_client_disconnect(struct p9_client *clnt);
 
                        }
                        break;
                case 's':{
-                               char **ptr = va_arg(ap, char **);
+                               char **sptr = va_arg(ap, char **);
                                int16_t len;
                                int size;
 
 
                                size = MAX(len, 0);
 
-                               *ptr = kmalloc(size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-                               if (*ptr == NULL) {
+                               *sptr = kmalloc(size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+                               if (*sptr == NULL) {
                                        errcode = -EFAULT;
                                        break;
                                }
-                               if (pdu_read(pdu, *ptr, size)) {
+                               if (pdu_read(pdu, *sptr, size)) {
                                        errcode = -EFAULT;
-                                       kfree(*ptr);
-                                       *ptr = NULL;
+                                       kfree(*sptr);
+                                       *sptr = NULL;
                                } else
-                                       (*ptr)[size] = 0;
+                                       (*sptr)[size] = 0;
                        }
                        break;
                case 'Q':{
                        }
                        break;
                case 's':{
-                               const char *ptr = va_arg(ap, const char *);
+                               const char *sptr = va_arg(ap, const char *);
                                int16_t len = 0;
-                               if (ptr)
-                                       len = MIN(strlen(ptr), USHORT_MAX);
+                               if (sptr)
+                                       len = MIN(strlen(sptr), USHORT_MAX);
 
                                errcode = p9pdu_writef(pdu, optional, "w", len);
-                               if (!errcode && pdu_write(pdu, ptr, len))
+                               if (!errcode && pdu_write(pdu, sptr, len))
                                        errcode = -EFAULT;
                        }
                        break;
                case 'U':{
                                int32_t count = va_arg(ap, int32_t);
                                const char __user *udata =
-                                               va_arg(ap, const void *);
+                                               va_arg(ap, const void __user *);
                                errcode =
                                    p9pdu_writef(pdu, optional, "d", count);
                                if (!errcode && pdu_write_u(pdu, udata, count))