--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2009-09-24  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+	same-inode: revert prior change; it is not yet ready
+	* NEWS: Undo mention of this change.
+	* lib/same-inode.h (same-inode.h): Undo tri-state change.
+	* lib/cycle-check.h (CYCLE_CHECK_REFLECT_CHDIR_UP): Update caller.
+	* lib/cycle-check.c (cycle_check): Likewise.
+	* lib/same.c (same_name): Likewise.
+	* lib/at-func2.c (at_func2): Likewise.
+
 2009-09-23  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
 
 	linkat: new module

--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 
 Date        Modules         Changes
 
-2009-09-23  same-inode      The macro SAME_INODE is now tri-state, adding -1
-                            for unknown.
-
 2009-09-16  canonicalize-lgpl
                             The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
                             to <stdlib.h>.

--- a/lib/at-func2.c
+++ b/lib/at-func2.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
           errno = ENOTDIR;
           return -1;
         }
-      if (SAME_INODE (st1, st2) == 1) /* Reduced to cases 1, 5.  */
+      if (SAME_INODE (st1, st2)) /* Reduced to cases 1, 5.  */
         return func (file1, file2);
     }
   else if (fd2 == AT_FDCWD) /* Cases 12, 13.  */
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
           errno = ENOTDIR;
           return -1;
         }
-      if (SAME_INODE (st1, st2) == 1) /* Reduced to cases 4, 5.  */
+      if (SAME_INODE (st1, st2)) /* Reduced to cases 4, 5.  */
         return func (file1, file2);
     }
   else if (fd1 != fd2) /* Case 15b.  */
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@
           errno = ENOTDIR;
           return -1;
         }
-      if (SAME_INODE (st1, st2) == 1) /* Reduced to case 15a.  */
+      if (SAME_INODE (st1, st2)) /* Reduced to case 15a.  */
         {
           fd2 = fd1;
-          if (stat (".", &st1) == 0 && SAME_INODE (st1, st2) == 1)
+          if (stat (".", &st1) == 0 && SAME_INODE (st1, st2))
             return func (file1, file2); /* Further reduced to case 5.  */
         }
     }
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
           errno = ENOTDIR;
           return -1;
         }
-      if (stat (".", &st2) == 0 && SAME_INODE (st1, st2) == 1)
+      if (stat (".", &st2) == 0 && SAME_INODE (st1, st2))
         return func (file1, file2); /* Reduced to case 5.  */
     }
 

--- a/lib/cycle-check.c
+++ b/lib/cycle-check.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* help detect directory cycles efficiently
 
-   Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 Free Software
-   Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@
   /* If the current directory ever happens to be the same
      as the one we last recorded for the cycle detection,
      then it's obviously part of a cycle.  */
-  if (state->chdir_counter && SAME_INODE (*sb, state->dev_ino) == 1)
+  if (state->chdir_counter && SAME_INODE (*sb, state->dev_ino))
     return true;
 
   /* If the number of `descending' chdir calls is a power of two,

--- a/lib/cycle-check.h
+++ b/lib/cycle-check.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* help detect directory cycles efficiently
 
-   Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       /* You must call cycle_check at least once before using this macro.  */ \
       if ((State)->chdir_counter == 0)				\
         abort ();						\
-      if (SAME_INODE ((State)->dev_ino, SB_subdir) == 1)	\
+      if (SAME_INODE ((State)->dev_ino, SB_subdir))		\
 	{							\
 	  (State)->dev_ino.st_dev = (SB_dir).st_dev;		\
 	  (State)->dev_ino.st_ino = (SB_dir).st_ino;		\

--- a/lib/same-inode.h
+++ b/lib/same-inode.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Determine whether two stat buffers refer to the same file.
 
-   Copyright (C) 2006, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -18,18 +18,8 @@
 #ifndef SAME_INODE_H
 # define SAME_INODE_H 1
 
-/* Perform a tri-state query on whether STAT_BUF_1 and STAT_BUF_2
-   represent the same file.  Return 1 for equal, 0 for distinct, and
-   -1 for indeterminate (the latter is generally possible only on
-   mingw).  Algorithms that use this macro must be prepared to handle
-   the indeterminate case without wrong results.  For example, if an
-   optimization is possible if two files are the same but unsafe if
-   distinct, use SAME_INODE()==1; whereas for an optimization that is
-   possible only for distinct files, use !SAME_INODE().  */
-
 # define SAME_INODE(Stat_buf_1, Stat_buf_2) \
-   (((Stat_buf_1).st_ino == (Stat_buf_2).st_ino         \
-     && (Stat_buf_1).st_dev == (Stat_buf_2).st_dev)     \
-    ? 1 - 2 * !(Stat_buf_1).st_ino : 0)
+   ((Stat_buf_1).st_ino == (Stat_buf_2).st_ino \
+    && (Stat_buf_1).st_dev == (Stat_buf_2).st_dev)
 
 #endif

--- a/lib/same.c
+++ b/lib/same.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* Determine whether two file names refer to the same file.
 
-   Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
-   2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@
 	}
 
       same = SAME_INODE (source_dir_stats, dest_dir_stats);
-      if (same < 0)
-	same = (identical_basenames
-		&& strcmp (source_basename, dest_basename) == 0);
 
 #if ! _POSIX_NO_TRUNC && HAVE_PATHCONF && defined _PC_NAME_MAX
       if (same && ! identical_basenames)