diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl
index 3fca32c41927130dae636a93504d7d8aacdee90e..25b58efd955dd2bebf2d716aea851fe283f792c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ all your transactions.
</para>
<para>
-Then at umount time , in your put_super() (2.4) or write_super() (2.5)
-you can then call journal_destroy() to clean up your in-core journal object.
+Then at umount time , in your put_super() you can then call journal_destroy()
+to clean up your in-core journal object.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 0f103e39b4f6a025cb486cbdfb21126c78992738..e540a24e5d069d4f6372adaabfa792ff11897ca9 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 2bef2b3843d1d4e09ead99fed121de4b2ab92db2..0742feebc6e221f9d79e400adab5feaba23098de 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 065aa2dc083538dcf05a9e2863e8b14fddb9b514..2ee133e030c3f51521321afd62d5dd3b1d1650fb 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.
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt b/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt
index 0bf25eebce948b4a330fe8868db387e742108278..4ebbfc3f1c6ea803b1cb7b5b71c1e98c6d8e3f17 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ MINIMUM_BATTERY_MINUTES=10
#
# Allowed dirty background ratio, in percent. Once DIRTY_RATIO has been
-# exceeded, the kernel will wake pdflush which will then reduce the amount
-# of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio. Set this nice and low, so once
-# some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
+# exceeded, the kernel will wake flusher threads which will then reduce the
+# amount of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio. Set this nice and low,
+# so once some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
#
#DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO=5
@@ -384,9 +384,9 @@ CPU_MAXFREQ=${CPU_MAXFREQ:-'slowest'}
#
# Allowed dirty background ratio, in percent. Once DIRTY_RATIO has been
-# exceeded, the kernel will wake pdflush which will then reduce the amount
-# of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio. Set this nice and low, so once
-# some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
+# exceeded, the kernel will wake flusher threads which will then reduce the
+# amount of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio. Set this nice and low,
+# so once some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
#
DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO=${DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO:-'5'}
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index dcc2a94ae34e7d4a976c8fd2f5613236c05968f3..078701fdbd4dd936dd485737abe7b5b60e554604 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ huge pages although processes will also directly compact memory as required.
dirty_background_bytes
-Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the pdflush background writeback
-daemon will start writeback.
+Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the background kernel
+flusher threads will start writeback.
Note: dirty_background_bytes is the counterpart of dirty_background_ratio. Only
one of them may be specified at a time. When one sysctl is written it is
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ other appears as 0 when read.
dirty_background_ratio
Contains, as a percentage of total system memory, the number of pages at which
-the pdflush background writeback daemon will start writing out dirty data.
+the background kernel flusher threads will start writing out dirty data.
==============================================================
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ retained.
dirty_expire_centisecs
This tunable is used to define when dirty data is old enough to be eligible
-for writeout by the pdflush daemons. It is expressed in 100'ths of a second.
-Data which has been dirty in-memory for longer than this interval will be
-written out next time a pdflush daemon wakes up.
+for writeout by the kernel flusher threads. It is expressed in 100'ths
+of a second. Data which has been dirty in-memory for longer than this
+interval will be written out next time a flusher thread wakes up.
==============================================================
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ data.
dirty_writeback_centisecs
-The pdflush writeback daemons will periodically wake up and write `old' data
+The kernel flusher threads will periodically wake up and write `old' data
out to disk. This tunable expresses the interval between those wakeups, in
100'ths of a second.
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 2e0e7fc1dbbaf50e24d8a446a4e20aeb2239f5bb..dbe6135a2abeddfb78b8d812f4b892c7b5696d03 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -3537,9 +3537,9 @@ static void drbd_cleanup(void)
}
/**
- * drbd_congested() - Callback for pdflush
+ * drbd_congested() - Callback for the flusher thread
* @congested_data: User data
- * @bdi_bits: Bits pdflush is currently interested in
+ * @bdi_bits: Bits the BDI flusher thread is currently interested in
*
* Returns 1<<BDI_async_congested and/or 1<<BDI_sync_congested if we are congested.
*/
diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 73922abba832d0a41c1cb01bbf5bcc0fec1cb78b..5eaa70c9d96e6bb3900930d63beb224f38d15c8f 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_copy_kern);
* Note that this code is very hard to test under normal circumstances because
* direct-io pins the pages with get_user_pages(). This makes
* is_page_cache_freeable return false, and the VM will not clean the pages.
- * But other code (eg, pdflush) could clean the pages if they are mapped
+ * But other code (eg, flusher threads) could clean the pages if they are mapped
* pagecache.
*
* Simply disabling the call to bio_set_pages_dirty() is a good way to test the
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 83baec24946d7449194e94893f92f918b14c79b5..6e8f416773d4b221713c30079eb1de1f732e5ded 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ static noinline int add_async_extent(struct async_cow *cow,
* If this code finds it can't get good compression, it puts an
* entry onto the work queue to write the uncompressed bytes. This
* makes sure that both compressed inodes and uncompressed inodes
- * are written in the same order that pdflush sent them down.
+ * are written in the same order that the flusher thread sent them
+ * down.
*/
static noinline int compress_file_range(struct inode *inode,
struct page *locked_page,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
index 643335a4fe3c6699a894c19d01e79bed9ef631c7..051c7fe551dd38bb7e391e5abaeff992f32b90f7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ void btrfs_start_ordered_extent(struct inode *inode,
/*
* pages in the range can be dirty, clean or writeback. We
* start IO on any dirty ones so the wait doesn't stall waiting
- * for pdflush to find them
+ * for the flusher thread to find them
*/
if (!test_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_DIRECT, &entry->flags))
filemap_fdatawrite_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 8c6e61d6eed5b754945930fbaaaaf21d6f98d028..f2eb24c477a3ca1c60ee95b51040354dd5a869ba 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -100,10 +100,6 @@ static void __save_error_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
fs_info->fs_state = BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR;
}
-/* NOTE:
- * We move write_super stuff at umount in order to avoid deadlock
- * for umount hold all lock.
- */
static void save_error_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
{
__save_error_info(fs_info);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index b8708f994e679a559af68b90b3135b2b8fa2a9ac..e86ae04abe6a78e72dd86b3a813bce3107a8802e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -1744,10 +1744,6 @@ int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_root *root, char *device_path)
device->fs_devices = root->fs_info->fs_devices;
- /*
- * we don't want write_supers to jump in here with our device
- * half setup
- */
mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
list_add_rcu(&device->dev_list, &root->fs_info->fs_devices->devices);
list_add(&device->dev_alloc_list,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 9a4a5c48b1c99f6a60ff02d35cda4ef1ced9bd50..a07597307fd1cd221b20997d9e0268caa6bc9138 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -3459,14 +3459,6 @@ ext3_reserve_inode_write(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
* inode out, but prune_icache isn't a user-visible syncing function.
* Whenever the user wants stuff synced (sys_sync, sys_msync, sys_fsync)
* we start and wait on commits.
- *
- * Is this efficient/effective? Well, we're being nice to the system
- * by cleaning up our inodes proactively so they can be reaped
- * without I/O. But we are potentially leaving up to five seconds'
- * worth of inodes floating about which prune_icache wants us to
- * write out. One way to fix that would be to get prune_icache()
- * to do a write_super() to free up some memory. It has the desired
- * effect.
*/
int ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
{
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index ff9bcdc5b0d5a7b5f210723092716e9e0f32937c..8c892e93d8e7b6f2ff727709619eedde0e880812 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ static int ext3_freeze(struct super_block *sb);
/*
* Wrappers for journal_start/end.
- *
- * The only special thing we need to do here is to make sure that all
- * journal_end calls result in the superblock being marked dirty, so
- * that sync() will call the filesystem's write_super callback if
- * appropriate.
*/
handle_t *ext3_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks)
{
@@ -90,12 +85,6 @@ handle_t *ext3_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks)
return journal_start(journal, nblocks);
}
-/*
- * The only special thing we need to do here is to make sure that all
- * journal_stop calls result in the superblock being marked dirty, so
- * that sync() will call the filesystem's write_super callback if
- * appropriate.
- */
int __ext3_journal_stop(const char *where, handle_t *handle)
{
struct super_block *sb;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 6324f74e03424e9ac21ceb01f6fbee07caa546df..dff171c3a1234e2ea9f545d8c2fd65c1b9b4bc1d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ static void ext4_end_io_buffer_write(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate);
* This function can get called via...
* - ext4_da_writepages after taking page lock (have journal handle)
* - journal_submit_inode_data_buffers (no journal handle)
- * - shrink_page_list via pdflush (no journal handle)
+ * - shrink_page_list via the kswapd/direct reclaim (no journal handle)
* - grab_page_cache when doing write_begin (have journal handle)
*
* We don't do any block allocation in this function. If we have page with
@@ -4589,14 +4589,6 @@ static int ext4_expand_extra_isize(struct inode *inode,
* inode out, but prune_icache isn't a user-visible syncing function.
* Whenever the user wants stuff synced (sys_sync, sys_msync, sys_fsync)
* we start and wait on commits.
- *
- * Is this efficient/effective? Well, we're being nice to the system
- * by cleaning up our inodes proactively so they can be reaped
- * without I/O. But we are potentially leaving up to five seconds'
- * worth of inodes floating about which prune_icache wants us to
- * write out. One way to fix that would be to get prune_icache()
- * to do a write_super() to free up some memory. It has the desired
- * effect.
*/
int ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
{
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index d76ec8277d3fca660e619d097711cc0057349823..3e0851e4f468ee190c53d7d6819e6e634d47412c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -326,11 +326,6 @@ static void ext4_put_nojournal(handle_t *handle)
/*
* Wrappers for jbd2_journal_start/end.
- *
- * The only special thing we need to do here is to make sure that all
- * journal_end calls result in the superblock being marked dirty, so
- * that sync() will call the filesystem's write_super callback if
- * appropriate.
*/
handle_t *ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks)
{
@@ -356,12 +351,6 @@ handle_t *ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks)
return jbd2_journal_start(journal, nblocks);
}
-/*
- * The only special thing we need to do here is to make sure that all
- * jbd2_journal_stop calls result in the superblock being marked dirty, so
- * that sync() will call the filesystem's write_super callback if
- * appropriate.
- */
int __ext4_journal_stop(const char *where, unsigned int line, handle_t *handle)
{
struct super_block *sb;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index 3a56c8d94de0607249e6296a18ec28b5ea120e89..22255d96b27efbb9c3a93e6db8678a147d99548b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int gfs2_aspace_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wb
/*
* If it's a fully non-blocking write attempt and we cannot
* lock the buffer then redirty the page. Note that this can
- * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from pdflush and kswapd
+ * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from flusher thread and kswapd
* activity, but those code paths have their own higher-level
* throttling.
*/
diff --git a/fs/hfs/mdb.c b/fs/hfs/mdb.c
index 5fd51a5833ffb91facba871b74589bf8b9a6c087..b7ec224910c5d7bda2f36432260fa6a6050d76d4 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/mdb.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/mdb.c
@@ -236,10 +236,10 @@ int hfs_mdb_get(struct super_block *sb)
* hfs_mdb_commit()
*
* Description:
- * This updates the MDB on disk (look also at hfs_write_super()).
+ * This updates the MDB on disk.
* It does not check, if the superblock has been modified, or
* if the filesystem has been mounted read-only. It is mainly
- * called by hfs_write_super() and hfs_btree_extend().
+ * called by hfs_sync_fs() and flush_mdb().
* Input Variable(s):
* struct hfs_mdb *mdb: Pointer to the hfs MDB
* int backup;
diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 425c2f2cf1700a3f5d9db8fc4e93dcde0450d998..09357508ec9ae5aebbac1e2ccbd44d42087bfd4a 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -534,8 +534,8 @@ int journal_start_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t *ptid)
ret = 1;
} else if (journal->j_committing_transaction) {
/*
- * If ext3_write_super() recently started a commit, then we
- * have to wait for completion of that transaction
+ * If commit has been started, then we have to wait for
+ * completion of that transaction.
*/
if (ptid)
*ptid = journal->j_committing_transaction->t_tid;
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index e9a3c4c85594e30aca1ed1f14d5667ba0595160a..8625da27eccf3cb1666f9557c4879bf908d9da29 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -612,8 +612,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_start_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t *ptid)
ret = 1;
} else if (journal->j_committing_transaction) {
/*
- * If ext3_write_super() recently started a commit, then we
- * have to wait for completion of that transaction
+ * If commit has been started, then we have to wait for
+ * completion of that transaction.
*/
if (ptid)
*ptid = journal->j_committing_transaction->t_tid;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 6522cac6057c900fccdac3138475ea4c0aa0a830..6a10812711c1d37bca6660530cd6c34cbb7b30fb 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -676,17 +676,13 @@ static const struct super_operations nilfs_sops = {
.alloc_inode = nilfs_alloc_inode,
.destroy_inode = nilfs_destroy_inode,
.dirty_inode = nilfs_dirty_inode,
- /* .write_inode = nilfs_write_inode, */
- /* .drop_inode = nilfs_drop_inode, */
.evict_inode = nilfs_evict_inode,
.put_super = nilfs_put_super,
- /* .write_super = nilfs_write_super, */
.sync_fs = nilfs_sync_fs,
.freeze_fs = nilfs_freeze,
.unfreeze_fs = nilfs_unfreeze,
.statfs = nilfs_statfs,
.remount_fs = nilfs_remount,
- /* .umount_begin */
.show_options = nilfs_show_options
};
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h
index 6eee4177807bf611874208c09fce9440979fbc4f..be1267a34ceae883b7d705c967347ad4a4185b57 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h
@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ struct the_nilfs {
* used for
* - loading the latest checkpoint exclusively.
* - allocating a new full segment.
- * - protecting s_dirt in the super_block struct
- * (see nilfs_write_super) and the following fields.
*/
struct buffer_head *ns_sbh[2];
struct nilfs_super_block *ns_sbp[2];
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index f3d96e7e7b19d4254924a59dfc4121aa5d8635b4..bc132e167d2dd2e361fd8fb0354f987f2fa296dd 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ static int do_dentry_open(struct file *f,
* here, so just reset the state.
*/
file_reset_write(f);
- mnt_drop_write(f->f_path.mnt);
+ __mnt_drop_write(f->f_path.mnt);
}
}
cleanup_file:
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index b05cf47463d0c2347e8eca1597001f96dd2a97fc..0902cfa6a12efd21e4ebd52a39333b7f9d6270eb 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -536,46 +536,6 @@ void drop_super(struct super_block *sb)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(drop_super);
-/**
- * sync_supers - helper for periodic superblock writeback
- *
- * Call the write_super method if present on all dirty superblocks in
- * the system. This is for the periodic writeback used by most older
- * filesystems. For data integrity superblock writeback use
- * sync_filesystems() instead.
- *
- * Note: check the dirty flag before waiting, so we don't
- * hold up the sync while mounting a device. (The newly
- * mounted device won't need syncing.)
- */
-void sync_supers(void)
-{
- struct super_block *sb, *p = NULL;
-
- spin_lock(&sb_lock);
- list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
- if (hlist_unhashed(&sb->s_instances))
- continue;
- if (sb->s_op->write_super && sb->s_dirt) {
- sb->s_count++;
- spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-
- down_read(&sb->s_umount);
- if (sb->s_root && sb->s_dirt && (sb->s_flags & MS_BORN))
- sb->s_op->write_super(sb);
- up_read(&sb->s_umount);
-
- spin_lock(&sb_lock);
- if (p)
- __put_super(p);
- p = sb;
- }
- }
- if (p)
- __put_super(p);
- spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-}
-
/**
* iterate_supers - call function for all active superblocks
* @f: function to call
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index 35389ca2d267093895681dc0f01dfa1e5f577d79..7bd6e72afd1136a3141e42227553ba5daa5ffcba 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@
*
* A thing to keep in mind: inode @i_mutex is locked in most VFS operations we
* implement. However, this is not true for 'ubifs_writepage()', which may be
- * called with @i_mutex unlocked. For example, when pdflush is doing background
- * write-back, it calls 'ubifs_writepage()' with unlocked @i_mutex. At "normal"
- * work-paths the @i_mutex is locked in 'ubifs_writepage()', e.g. in the
- * "sys_write -> alloc_pages -> direct reclaim path". So, in 'ubifs_writepage()'
- * we are only guaranteed that the page is locked.
+ * called with @i_mutex unlocked. For example, when flusher thread is doing
+ * background write-back, it calls 'ubifs_writepage()' with unlocked @i_mutex.
+ * At "normal" work-paths the @i_mutex is locked in 'ubifs_writepage()', e.g.
+ * in the "sys_write -> alloc_pages -> direct reclaim path". So, in
+ * 'ubifs_writepage()' we are only guaranteed that the page is locked.
*
* Similarly, @i_mutex is not always locked in 'ubifs_readpage()', e.g., the
* read-ahead path does not lock it ("sys_read -> generic_file_aio_read ->
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 1c766c39c03819b4d088f19f0215c63a89f2b539..c3fa6c5327a3bb7b6939206c118a9d6ace0ee039 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static int ubifs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
mutex_lock(&ui->ui_mutex);
/*
* Due to races between write-back forced by budgeting
- * (see 'sync_some_inodes()') and pdflush write-back, the inode may
+ * (see 'sync_some_inodes()') and background write-back, the inode may
* have already been synchronized, do not do this again. This might
* also happen if it was synchronized in an VFS operation, e.g.
* 'ubifs_link()'.
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index c97c6b9cd38ee34e501735758de2b710decceae0..2a9a9abc91260c09a7940136a965a08209c5828b 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data);
int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
-void bdi_arm_supers_timer(void);
void bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
void bdi_lock_two(struct bdi_writeback *wb1, struct bdi_writeback *wb2);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 38dba16c417646ff28f9ea78dea28a268d65d125..aa110476a95be0b1d479555346c560d45ecc0b20 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1491,7 +1491,6 @@ struct sb_writers {
struct super_block {
struct list_head s_list; /* Keep this first */
dev_t s_dev; /* search index; _not_ kdev_t */
- unsigned char s_dirt;
unsigned char s_blocksize_bits;
unsigned long s_blocksize;
loff_t s_maxbytes; /* Max file size */
@@ -1861,7 +1860,6 @@ struct super_operations {
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 *);
@@ -2397,7 +2395,6 @@ extern int vfs_fsync_range(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
int datasync);
extern int vfs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync);
extern int generic_write_sync(struct file *file, loff_t pos, loff_t count);
-extern void sync_supers(void);
extern void emergency_sync(void);
extern void emergency_remount(void);
#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index c66fe3332d8376ab4fd226d60d7afd16e94b1a9f..50c3e8fa06a865b439047f80a0ac9be9a26cfeeb 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_NEW, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
}
-
/*
* mm/page-writeback.c
*/
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 6b4718e2ee341d7fd7f068d83e31da014d1a5ef0..b41823cc05e61caf4b862418fde58a5025bfb748 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(bdi_lock);
LIST_HEAD(bdi_list);
LIST_HEAD(bdi_pending_list);
-static struct task_struct *sync_supers_tsk;
-static struct timer_list sync_supers_timer;
-
-static int bdi_sync_supers(void *);
-static void sync_supers_timer_fn(unsigned long);
-
void bdi_lock_two(struct bdi_writeback *wb1, struct bdi_writeback *wb2)
{
if (wb1 < wb2) {
@@ -250,12 +244,6 @@ static int __init default_bdi_init(void)
{
int err;
- sync_supers_tsk = kthread_run(bdi_sync_supers, NULL, "sync_supers");
- BUG_ON(IS_ERR(sync_supers_tsk));
-
- setup_timer(&sync_supers_timer, sync_supers_timer_fn, 0);
- bdi_arm_supers_timer();
-
err = bdi_init(&default_backing_dev_info);
if (!err)
bdi_register(&default_backing_dev_info, NULL, "default");
@@ -270,46 +258,6 @@ int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
return wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb);
}
-/*
- * kupdated() used to do this. We cannot do it from the bdi_forker_thread()
- * or we risk deadlocking on ->s_umount. The longer term solution would be
- * to implement sync_supers_bdi() or similar and simply do it from the
- * bdi writeback thread individually.
- */
-static int bdi_sync_supers(void *unused)
-{
- set_user_nice(current, 0);
-
- while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
- set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
- schedule();
-
- /*
- * Do this periodically, like kupdated() did before.
- */
- sync_supers();
- }
-
- return 0;
-}
-
-void bdi_arm_supers_timer(void)
-{
- unsigned long next;
-
- if (!dirty_writeback_interval)
- return;
-
- next = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10) + jiffies;
- mod_timer(&sync_supers_timer, round_jiffies_up(next));
-}
-
-static void sync_supers_timer_fn(unsigned long unused)
-{
- wake_up_process(sync_supers_tsk);
- bdi_arm_supers_timer();
-}
-
static void wakeup_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
{
struct backing_dev_info *bdi = (struct backing_dev_info *)data;
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index e5363f34e0250656c357d965a2e8949577cfb607..5ad5ce23c1e082bc999222f42e542d942794c7c7 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1532,7 +1532,6 @@ int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
{
proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
- bdi_arm_supers_timer();
return 0;
}