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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/porting5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt4
3 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 0f103e39b4f6..e540a24e5d06 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ prototypes:
int (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
void (*evict_inode) (struct inode *);
void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);
- void (*write_super) (struct super_block *);
int (*sync_fs)(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
int (*freeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
int (*unfreeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ write_inode:
drop_inode: !!!inode->i_lock!!!
evict_inode:
put_super: write
-write_super: read
sync_fs: read
freeze_fs: write
unfreeze_fs: write
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index 2bef2b3843d1..0742feebc6e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -94,9 +94,8 @@ protected.
---
[mandatory]
-BKL is also moved from around sb operations. ->write_super() Is now called
-without BKL held. BKL should have been shifted into individual fs sb_op
-functions. If you don't need it, remove it.
+BKL is also moved from around sb operations. BKL should have been shifted into
+individual fs sb_op functions. If you don't need it, remove it.
---
[informational]
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 065aa2dc0835..2ee133e030c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ struct super_operations {
void (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
void (*delete_inode) (struct inode *);
void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);
- void (*write_super) (struct super_block *);
int (*sync_fs)(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
int (*freeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
int (*unfreeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
@@ -273,9 +272,6 @@ or bottom half).
put_super: called when the VFS wishes to free the superblock
(i.e. unmount). This is called with the superblock lock held
- write_super: called when the VFS superblock needs to be written to
- disc. This method is optional
-
sync_fs: called when VFS is writing out all dirty data associated with
a superblock. The second parameter indicates whether the method
should wait until the write out has been completed. Optional.