3 files changed, 6 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
index 5be8a7f4cc7f..026d13362aca 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
@@ -1024,8 +1024,7 @@ could be on demand. For example wait_on_buffer sets the unplugging going
 through sync_buffer() running blk_run_address_space(mapping). Or the caller
 can do it explicity through blk_unplug(bdev). So in the read case,
 the queue gets explicitly unplugged as part of waiting for completion on that
-buffer. For page driven IO, the address space ->sync_page() takes care of
-doing the blk_run_address_space().
+buffer.
 
 Aside:
   This is kind of controversial territory, as it's not clear if plugging is
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 75eea7ce3d7c..08086dc160d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ unlocks and drops the reference.
 prototypes:
         int (*writepage)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc);
         int (*readpage)(struct file *, struct page *);
-        int (*sync_page)(struct page *);
         int (*writepages)(struct address_space *, struct writeback_control *);
         int (*set_page_dirty)(struct page *page);
         int (*readpages)(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
@@ -208,7 +207,6 @@ locking rules:
                         PageLocked(page)        i_mutex
 writepage:              yes, unlocks (see below)
 readpage:               yes, unlocks
-sync_page:              maybe
 writepages:
 set_page_dirty          no
 readpages:
@@ -226,8 +224,8 @@ error_remove_page:	yes
 swap_activate:          no
 swap_deactivate:        no
 
-        ->write_begin(), ->write_end(), ->sync_page() and ->readpage()
-may be called from the request handler (/dev/loop).
+        ->write_begin(), ->write_end() and ->readpage() may be called from
+the request handler (/dev/loop).
 
         ->readpage() unlocks the page, either synchronously or via I/O
 completion.
@@ -283,11 +281,6 @@ will leave the page itself marked clean but it will be tagged as dirty in the
 radix tree.  This incoherency can lead to all sorts of hard-to-debug problems
 in the filesystem like having dirty inodes at umount and losing written data.
 
-        ->sync_page() locking rules are not well-defined - usually it is called
-with lock on page, but that is not guaranteed. Considering the currently
-existing instances of this method ->sync_page() itself doesn't look
-well-defined...
-
         ->writepages() is used for periodic writeback and for syscall-initiated
 sync operations.  The address_space should start I/O against at least
 *nr_to_write pages.  *nr_to_write must be decremented for each page which is
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index c61a223ef3ff..d4e07c00e18e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -534,9 +534,7 @@ __sync_single_inode) to check if ->writepages has been successful in
 writing out the whole address_space.
 
 The Writeback tag is used by filemap*wait* and sync_page* functions,
-via filemap_fdatawait_range, to wait for all writeback to
-complete.  While waiting ->sync_page (if defined) will be called on
-each page that is found to require writeback.
+via filemap_fdatawait_range, to wait for all writeback to complete.
 
 An address_space handler may attach extra information to a page,
 typically using the 'private' field in the 'struct page'.  If such
@@ -554,8 +552,8 @@ address_space has finer control of write sizes.
 
 The read process essentially only requires 'readpage'.  The write
 process is more complicated and uses write_begin/write_end or
-set_page_dirty to write data into the address_space, and writepage,
-sync_page, and writepages to writeback data to storage.
+set_page_dirty to write data into the address_space, and writepage
+and writepages to writeback data to storage.
 
 Adding and removing pages to/from an address_space is protected by the
 inode's i_mutex.