lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence"

But the kernel decided to call it "origin" instead.  Fix most of the
sites.

Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

26 files changed, 116 insertions, 116 deletions

diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index b1342ffb3cf6..922ad460bff9 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 
 
-static loff_t bad_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static loff_t bad_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         return -EIO;
 }
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index ab3a456f6650..172f8491a2bd 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static int blkdev_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
  * for a block special file file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size is zero
  * so we compute the size by hand (just as in block_read/write above)
  */
-static loff_t block_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static loff_t block_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct inode *bd_inode = file->f_mapping->host;
         loff_t size;
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static loff_t block_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
         size = i_size_read(bd_inode);
 
         retval = -EINVAL;
-        switch (origin) {
+        switch (whence) {
                 case SEEK_END:
                         offset += size;
                         break;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index a8ee75cb96ee..9c6673a9231f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -2120,7 +2120,7 @@ out:
         return ret;
 }
 
-static int find_desired_extent(struct inode *inode, loff_t *offset, int origin)
+static int find_desired_extent(struct inode *inode, loff_t *offset, int whence)
 {
         struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
         struct extent_map *em;
@@ -2154,7 +2154,7 @@ static int find_desired_extent(struct inode *inode, loff_t *offset, int origin)
          * before the position we want in case there is outstanding delalloc
          * going on here.
          */
-        if (origin == SEEK_HOLE && start != 0) {
+        if (whence == SEEK_HOLE && start != 0) {
                 if (start <= root->sectorsize)
                         em = btrfs_get_extent_fiemap(inode, NULL, 0, 0,
                                                      root->sectorsize, 0);
@@ -2188,13 +2188,13 @@ static int find_desired_extent(struct inode *inode, loff_t *offset, int origin)
                                 }
                         }
 
-                        if (origin == SEEK_HOLE) {
+                        if (whence == SEEK_HOLE) {
                                 *offset = start;
                                 free_extent_map(em);
                                 break;
                         }
                 } else {
-                        if (origin == SEEK_DATA) {
+                        if (whence == SEEK_DATA) {
                                 if (em->block_start == EXTENT_MAP_DELALLOC) {
                                         if (start >= inode->i_size) {
                                                 free_extent_map(em);
@@ -2231,16 +2231,16 @@ out:
         return ret;
 }
 
-static loff_t btrfs_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static loff_t btrfs_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
         int ret;
 
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-        switch (origin) {
+        switch (whence) {
         case SEEK_END:
         case SEEK_CUR:
-                offset = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin);
+                offset = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, whence);
                 goto out;
         case SEEK_DATA:
         case SEEK_HOLE:
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ static loff_t btrfs_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
                         return -ENXIO;
                 }
 
-                ret = find_desired_extent(inode, &offset, origin);
+                ret = find_desired_extent(inode, &offset, whence);
                 if (ret) {
                         mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
                         return ret;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index e5b77319c97b..8c1aabe93b67 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static void reset_readdir(struct ceph_file_info *fi)
         fi->flags &= ~CEPH_F_ATEND;
 }
 
-static loff_t ceph_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static loff_t ceph_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct ceph_file_info *fi = file->private_data;
         struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static loff_t ceph_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
         retval = -EINVAL;
-        switch (origin) {
+        switch (whence) {
         case SEEK_END:
                 offset += inode->i_size + 2;   /* FIXME */
                 break;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 5840d2aaed15..d4dfdcf76d7f 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ out:
 /*
  * llseek.  be sure to verify file size on SEEK_END.
  */
-static loff_t ceph_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static loff_t ceph_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
         int ret;
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ static loff_t ceph_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
         __ceph_do_pending_vmtruncate(inode);
 
-        if (origin == SEEK_END || origin == SEEK_DATA || origin == SEEK_HOLE) {
+        if (whence == SEEK_END || whence == SEEK_DATA || whence == SEEK_HOLE) {
                 ret = ceph_do_getattr(inode, CEPH_STAT_CAP_SIZE);
                 if (ret < 0) {
                         offset = ret;
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ static loff_t ceph_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
                 }
         }
 
-        switch (origin) {
+        switch (whence) {
         case SEEK_END:
                 offset += inode->i_size;
                 break;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 210f0af83fc4..ce9f3c5421bf 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -695,13 +695,13 @@ static ssize_t cifs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
         return written;
 }
 
-static loff_t cifs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static loff_t cifs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         /*
-         * origin == SEEK_END || SEEK_DATA || SEEK_HOLE => we must revalidate
+         * whence == SEEK_END || SEEK_DATA || SEEK_HOLE => we must revalidate
          * the cached file length
          */
-        if (origin != SEEK_SET && origin != SEEK_CUR) {
+        if (whence != SEEK_SET && whence != SEEK_CUR) {
                 int rc;
                 struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static loff_t cifs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
                 if (rc < 0)
                         return (loff_t)rc;
         }
-        return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin);
+        return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, whence);
 }
 
 static int cifs_setlease(struct file *file, long arg, struct file_lock **lease)
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 7414ae24a79b..712b10f64c70 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1613,12 +1613,12 @@ static int configfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir
         return 0;
 }
 
-static loff_t configfs_dir_lseek(struct file * file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static loff_t configfs_dir_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct dentry * dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 
         mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-        switch (origin) {
+        switch (whence) {
                 case 1:
                         offset += file->f_pos;
                 case 0:
diff --git a/fs/ext3/dir.c b/fs/ext3/dir.c
index c8fff930790d..dd91264ba94f 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -296,17 +296,17 @@ static inline loff_t ext3_get_htree_eof(struct file *filp)
  * NOTE: offsets obtained *before* ext3_set_inode_flag(dir, EXT3_INODE_INDEX)
  *       will be invalid once the directory was converted into a dx directory
  */
-loff_t ext3_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+loff_t ext3_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
         int dx_dir = is_dx_dir(inode);
         loff_t htree_max = ext3_get_htree_eof(file);
 
         if (likely(dx_dir))
-                return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, origin,
+                return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, whence,
                                                 htree_max, htree_max);
         else
-                return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin);
+                return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, whence);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index b8d877f6c1fa..80a28b297279 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -333,17 +333,17 @@ static inline loff_t ext4_get_htree_eof(struct file *filp)
  *
  * For non-htree, ext4_llseek already chooses the proper max offset.
  */
-loff_t ext4_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+loff_t ext4_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
         int dx_dir = is_dx_dir(inode);
         loff_t htree_max = ext4_get_htree_eof(file);
 
         if (likely(dx_dir))
-                return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, origin,
+                return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, whence,
                                                     htree_max, htree_max);
         else
-                return ext4_llseek(file, offset, origin);
+                return ext4_llseek(file, offset, whence);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index b64a60bf105a..d07c27ca594a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static int ext4_file_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
  * page cache has data or not.
  */
 static int ext4_find_unwritten_pgoff(struct inode *inode,
-                                     int origin,
+                                     int whence,
                                      struct ext4_map_blocks *map,
                                      loff_t *offset)
 {
@@ -333,10 +333,10 @@ static int ext4_find_unwritten_pgoff(struct inode *inode,
                 nr_pages = pagevec_lookup(&pvec, inode->i_mapping, index,
                                           (pgoff_t)num);
                 if (nr_pages == 0) {
-                        if (origin == SEEK_DATA)
+                        if (whence == SEEK_DATA)
                                 break;
 
-                        BUG_ON(origin != SEEK_HOLE);
+                        BUG_ON(whence != SEEK_HOLE);
                         /*
                          * If this is the first time to go into the loop and
                          * offset is not beyond the end offset, it will be a
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int ext4_find_unwritten_pgoff(struct inode *inode,
                  * offset is smaller than the first page offset, it will be a
                  * hole at this offset.
                  */
-                if (lastoff == startoff && origin == SEEK_HOLE &&
+                if (lastoff == startoff && whence == SEEK_HOLE &&
                     lastoff < page_offset(pvec.pages[0])) {
                         found = 1;
                         break;
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static int ext4_find_unwritten_pgoff(struct inode *inode,
                          * If the current offset is not beyond the end of given
                          * range, it will be a hole.
                          */
-                        if (lastoff < endoff && origin == SEEK_HOLE &&
+                        if (lastoff < endoff && whence == SEEK_HOLE &&
                             page->index > end) {
                                 found = 1;
                                 *offset = lastoff;
@@ -391,10 +391,10 @@ static int ext4_find_unwritten_pgoff(struct inode *inode,
                                 do {
                                         if (buffer_uptodate(bh) ||
                                             buffer_unwritten(bh)) {
-                                                if (origin == SEEK_DATA)
+                                                if (whence == SEEK_DATA)
                                                         found = 1;
                                         } else {
-                                                if (origin == SEEK_HOLE)
+                                                if (whence == SEEK_HOLE)
                                                         found = 1;
                                         }
                                         if (found) {
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static int ext4_find_unwritten_pgoff(struct inode *inode,
                  * The no. of pages is less than our desired, that would be a
                  * hole in there.
                  */
-                if (nr_pages < num && origin == SEEK_HOLE) {
+                if (nr_pages < num && whence == SEEK_HOLE) {
                         found = 1;
                         *offset = lastoff;
                         break;
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static loff_t ext4_seek_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t maxsize)
  * by calling generic_file_llseek_size() with the appropriate maxbytes
  * value for each.
  */
-loff_t ext4_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+loff_t ext4_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
         loff_t maxbytes;
@@ -619,11 +619,11 @@ loff_t ext4_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
         else
                 maxbytes = inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes;
 
-        switch (origin) {
+        switch (whence) {
         case SEEK_SET:
         case SEEK_CUR:
         case SEEK_END:
-                return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, origin,
+                return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, whence,
                                                 maxbytes, i_size_read(inode));
         case SEEK_DATA:
                 return ext4_seek_data(file, offset, maxbytes);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 78d2837bc940..e21d4d8f87e3 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -1599,19 +1599,19 @@ static sector_t fuse_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
         return err ? 0 : outarg.block;
 }
 
-static loff_t fuse_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static loff_t fuse_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         loff_t retval;
         struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 
         /* No i_mutex protection necessary for SEEK_CUR and SEEK_SET */
-        if (origin == SEEK_CUR || origin == SEEK_SET)
-                return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin);
+        if (whence == SEEK_CUR || whence == SEEK_SET)
+                return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, whence);
 
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
         retval = fuse_update_attributes(inode, NULL, file, NULL);
         if (!retval)
-                retval = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin);
+                retval = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, whence);
         mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
         return retval;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index dfe2d8cb9b2c..991ab2d484dd 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
  * gfs2_llseek - seek to a location in a file
  * @file: the file
  * @offset: the offset
- * @origin: Where to seek from (SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, or SEEK_END)
+ * @whence: Where to seek from (SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, or SEEK_END)
  *
  * SEEK_END requires the glock for the file because it references the
  * file's size.
@@ -52,26 +52,26 @@
  * Returns: The new offset, or errno
  */
 
-static loff_t gfs2_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static loff_t gfs2_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(file->f_mapping->host);
         struct gfs2_holder i_gh;
         loff_t error;
 
-        switch (origin) {
+        switch (whence) {
         case SEEK_END: /* These reference inode->i_size */
         case SEEK_DATA:
         case SEEK_HOLE:
                 error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_ANY,
                                            &i_gh);
                 if (!error) {
-                        error = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin);
+                        error = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, whence);
                         gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&i_gh);
                 }
                 break;
         case SEEK_CUR:
         case SEEK_SET:
-                error = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin);
+                error = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, whence);
                 break;
         default:
                 error = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 7cc37ca19cd8..35fc6e74cd88 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ int dcache_dir_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         return 0;
 }
 
-loff_t dcache_dir_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+loff_t dcache_dir_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
         mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-        switch (origin) {
+        switch (whence) {
                 case 1:
                         offset += file->f_pos;
                 case 0:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index b9e66b7e0c14..1cc71f60b491 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ out:
         return res;
 }
 
-static loff_t nfs_llseek_dir(struct file *filp, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static loff_t nfs_llseek_dir(struct file *filp, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
@@ -880,10 +880,10 @@ static loff_t nfs_llseek_dir(struct file *filp, loff_t offset, int origin)
         dfprintk(FILE, "NFS: llseek dir(%s/%s, %lld, %d)\n",
                         dentry->d_parent->d_name.name,
                         dentry->d_name.name,
-                        offset, origin);
+                        offset, whence);
 
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-        switch (origin) {
+        switch (whence) {
                 case 1:
                         offset += filp->f_pos;
                 case 0:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 582bb8866131..3c2b893665ba 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -119,18 +119,18 @@ force_reval:
         return __nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
 }
 
-loff_t nfs_file_llseek(struct file *filp, loff_t offset, int origin)
+loff_t nfs_file_llseek(struct file *filp, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         dprintk("NFS: llseek file(%s/%s, %lld, %d)\n",
                         filp->f_path.dentry->d_parent->d_name.name,
                         filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
-                        offset, origin);
+                        offset, whence);
 
         /*
-         * origin == SEEK_END || SEEK_DATA || SEEK_HOLE => we must revalidate
+         * whence == SEEK_END || SEEK_DATA || SEEK_HOLE => we must revalidate
          * the cached file length
          */
-        if (origin != SEEK_SET && origin != SEEK_CUR) {
+        if (whence != SEEK_SET && whence != SEEK_CUR) {
                 struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
 
                 int retval = nfs_revalidate_file_size(inode, filp);
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ loff_t nfs_file_llseek(struct file *filp, loff_t offset, int origin)
                         return (loff_t)retval;
         }
 
-        return generic_file_llseek(filp, offset, origin);
+        return generic_file_llseek(filp, offset, whence);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_file_llseek);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
index 70b5863a2d64..f487aa343442 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ out:
         return ret;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_seek_data_hole_offset(struct file *file, loff_t *offset, int origin)
+int ocfs2_seek_data_hole_offset(struct file *file, loff_t *offset, int whence)
 {
         struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
         int ret;
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ int ocfs2_seek_data_hole_offset(struct file *file, loff_t *offset, int origin)
         struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
         struct ocfs2_extent_rec rec;
 
-        BUG_ON(origin != SEEK_DATA && origin != SEEK_HOLE);
+        BUG_ON(whence != SEEK_DATA && whence != SEEK_HOLE);
 
         ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 0);
         if (ret) {
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ int ocfs2_seek_data_hole_offset(struct file *file, loff_t *offset, int origin)
         }
 
         if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
-                if (origin == SEEK_HOLE)
+                if (whence == SEEK_HOLE)
                         *offset = inode->i_size;
                 goto out_unlock;
         }
@@ -888,8 +888,8 @@ int ocfs2_seek_data_hole_offset(struct file *file, loff_t *offset, int origin)
                         is_data = (rec.e_flags & OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN) ?  0 : 1;
                 }
 
-                if ((!is_data && origin == SEEK_HOLE) ||
-                    (is_data && origin == SEEK_DATA)) {
+                if ((!is_data && whence == SEEK_HOLE) ||
+                    (is_data && whence == SEEK_DATA)) {
                         if (extoff > *offset)
                                 *offset = extoff;
                         goto out_unlock;
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ int ocfs2_seek_data_hole_offset(struct file *file, loff_t *offset, int origin)
                         cpos += clen;
         }
 
-        if (origin == SEEK_HOLE) {
+        if (whence == SEEK_HOLE) {
                 extoff = cpos;
                 extoff <<= cs_bits;
                 extlen = clen;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index dda089804942..fe492e1a3cfc 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2637,14 +2637,14 @@ bail:
 }
 
 /* Refer generic_file_llseek_unlocked() */
-static loff_t ocfs2_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static loff_t ocfs2_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
         int ret = 0;
 
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
-        switch (origin) {
+        switch (whence) {
         case SEEK_SET:
                 break;
         case SEEK_END:
@@ -2659,7 +2659,7 @@ static loff_t ocfs2_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
                 break;
         case SEEK_DATA:
         case SEEK_HOLE:
-                ret = ocfs2_seek_data_hole_offset(file, &offset, origin);
+                ret = ocfs2_seek_data_hole_offset(file, &offset, whence);
                 if (ret)
                         goto out;
                 break;
diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c
index ed1d8c7212da..67de74ca85f4 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
@@ -151,13 +151,13 @@ static int pstore_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static loff_t pstore_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t off, int origin)
+static loff_t pstore_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t off, int whence)
 {
         struct seq_file *sf = file->private_data;
 
         if (sf->op)
-                return seq_lseek(file, off, origin);
-        return default_llseek(file, off, origin);
+                return seq_lseek(file, off, whence);
+        return default_llseek(file, off, whence);
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations pstore_file_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index d06534857e9e..1edaf099ddd7 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static loff_t lseek_execute(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
  * generic_file_llseek_size - generic llseek implementation for regular files
  * @file:       file structure to seek on
  * @offset:     file offset to seek to
- * @origin:     type of seek
+ * @whence:     type of seek
  * @size:       max size of this file in file system
  * @eof:        offset used for SEEK_END position
  *
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ static loff_t lseek_execute(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
  * read/writes behave like SEEK_SET against seeks.
  */
 loff_t
-generic_file_llseek_size(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin,
+generic_file_llseek_size(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence,
                 loff_t maxsize, loff_t eof)
 {
         struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 
-        switch (origin) {
+        switch (whence) {
         case SEEK_END:
                 offset += eof;
                 break;
@@ -122,17 +122,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_llseek_size);
  * generic_file_llseek - generic llseek implementation for regular files
  * @file:       file structure to seek on
  * @offset:     file offset to seek to
- * @origin:     type of seek
+ * @whence:     type of seek
  *
  * This is a generic implemenation of ->llseek useable for all normal local
  * filesystems.  It just updates the file offset to the value specified by
- * @offset and @origin under i_mutex.
+ * @offset and @whence under i_mutex.
  */
-loff_t generic_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+loff_t generic_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 
-        return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, origin,
+        return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, whence,
                                         inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes,
                                         i_size_read(inode));
 }
@@ -142,32 +142,32 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_llseek);
  * noop_llseek - No Operation Performed llseek implementation
  * @file:       file structure to seek on
  * @offset:     file offset to seek to
- * @origin:     type of seek
+ * @whence:     type of seek
  *
  * This is an implementation of ->llseek useable for the rare special case when
  * userspace expects the seek to succeed but the (device) file is actually not
  * able to perform the seek. In this case you use noop_llseek() instead of
  * falling back to the default implementation of ->llseek.
  */
-loff_t noop_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+loff_t noop_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         return file->f_pos;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(noop_llseek);
 
-loff_t no_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+loff_t no_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         return -ESPIPE;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(no_llseek);
 
-loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
         loff_t retval;
 
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-        switch (origin) {
+        switch (whence) {
                 case SEEK_END:
                         offset += i_size_read(inode);
                         break;
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ out:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_llseek);
 
-loff_t vfs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+loff_t vfs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         loff_t (*fn)(struct file *, loff_t, int);
 
@@ -225,11 +225,11 @@ loff_t vfs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
                 if (file->f_op && file->f_op->llseek)
                         fn = file->f_op->llseek;
         }
-        return fn(file, offset, origin);
+        return fn(file, offset, whence);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_llseek);
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(lseek, unsigned int, fd, off_t, offset, unsigned int, origin)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(lseek, unsigned int, fd, off_t, offset, unsigned int, whence)
 {
         off_t retval;
         struct fd f = fdget(fd);
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(lseek, unsigned int, fd, off_t, offset, unsigned int, origin)
                 return -EBADF;
 
         retval = -EINVAL;
-        if (origin <= SEEK_MAX) {
-                loff_t res = vfs_llseek(f.file, offset, origin);
+        if (whence <= SEEK_MAX) {
+                loff_t res = vfs_llseek(f.file, offset, whence);
                 retval = res;
                 if (res != (loff_t)retval)
                         retval = -EOVERFLOW;    /* LFS: should only happen on 32 bit platforms */
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(lseek, unsigned int, fd, off_t, offset, unsigned int, origin)
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_LLSEEK
 SYSCALL_DEFINE5(llseek, unsigned int, fd, unsigned long, offset_high,
                 unsigned long, offset_low, loff_t __user *, result,
-                unsigned int, origin)
+                unsigned int, whence)
 {
         int retval;
         struct fd f = fdget(fd);
@@ -260,11 +260,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(llseek, unsigned int, fd, unsigned long, offset_high,
                 return -EBADF;
 
         retval = -EINVAL;
-        if (origin > SEEK_MAX)
+        if (whence > SEEK_MAX)
                 goto out_putf;
 
         offset = vfs_llseek(f.file, ((loff_t) offset_high << 32) | offset_low,
-                        origin);
+                        whence);
 
         retval = (int)offset;
         if (offset >= 0) {
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 99dffab4c4e4..9d863fb501f9 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -300,14 +300,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_read);
  *
  *      Ready-made ->f_op->llseek()
  */
-loff_t seq_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+loff_t seq_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
         loff_t retval = -EINVAL;
 
         mutex_lock(&m->lock);
         m->version = file->f_version;
-        switch (origin) {
+        switch (whence) {
                 case 1:
                         offset += file->f_pos;
                 case 0:
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index e271fba1651b..8a574776a493 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -453,11 +453,11 @@ out:
 }
 
 /* If a directory is seeked, we have to free saved readdir() state */
-static loff_t ubifs_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static loff_t ubifs_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         kfree(file->private_data);
         file->private_data = NULL;
-        return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin);
+        return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, whence);
 }
 
 /* Free saved readdir() state when the directory is closed */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 408fb1e77a0a..029552ff774c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2286,9 +2286,9 @@ extern ino_t find_inode_number(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
 #include <linux/err.h>
 
 /* needed for stackable file system support */
-extern loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
+extern loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence);
 
-extern loff_t vfs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
+extern loff_t vfs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence);
 
 extern int inode_init_always(struct super_block *, struct inode *);
 extern void inode_init_once(struct inode *);
@@ -2396,11 +2396,11 @@ extern long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
 
 extern void
 file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping);
-extern loff_t noop_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
-extern loff_t no_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
-extern loff_t generic_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
+extern loff_t noop_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence);
+extern loff_t no_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence);
+extern loff_t generic_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence);
 extern loff_t generic_file_llseek_size(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
-                int origin, loff_t maxsize, loff_t eof);
+                int whence, loff_t maxsize, loff_t eof);
 extern int generic_file_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp);
 extern int nonseekable_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index a52f2f4fe030..92691d85c320 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ ssize_t ftrace_filter_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
                             size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos);
 ssize_t ftrace_notrace_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
                              size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos);
-loff_t ftrace_regex_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
+loff_t ftrace_regex_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence);
 int ftrace_regex_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 
 void __init
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static inline ssize_t ftrace_filter_write(struct file *file, const char __user *
                             size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos) { return -ENODEV; }
 static inline ssize_t ftrace_notrace_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
                              size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos) { return -ENODEV; }
-static inline loff_t ftrace_regex_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static inline loff_t ftrace_regex_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 91835e7f364d..36c3b07c5119 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -560,10 +560,10 @@ asmlinkage long sys_utime(char __user *filename,
 asmlinkage long sys_utimes(char __user *filename,
                                 struct timeval __user *utimes);
 asmlinkage long sys_lseek(unsigned int fd, off_t offset,
-                          unsigned int origin);
+                          unsigned int whence);
 asmlinkage long sys_llseek(unsigned int fd, unsigned long offset_high,
                         unsigned long offset_low, loff_t __user *result,
-                        unsigned int origin);
+                        unsigned int whence);
 asmlinkage long sys_read(unsigned int fd, char __user *buf, size_t count);
 asmlinkage long sys_readahead(int fd, loff_t offset, size_t count);
 asmlinkage long sys_readv(unsigned long fd,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index afd092de45b7..3ffe4c5ad3f3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -2675,12 +2675,12 @@ ftrace_notrace_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 }
 
 loff_t
-ftrace_regex_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+ftrace_regex_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         loff_t ret;
 
         if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
-                ret = seq_lseek(file, offset, origin);
+                ret = seq_lseek(file, offset, whence);
         else
                 file->f_pos = ret = 1;
 
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 03f9ba8fb8e5..5c90d84c2b02 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ static ssize_t shmem_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
  * llseek SEEK_DATA or SEEK_HOLE through the radix_tree.
  */
 static pgoff_t shmem_seek_hole_data(struct address_space *mapping,
-                                    pgoff_t index, pgoff_t end, int origin)
+                                    pgoff_t index, pgoff_t end, int whence)
 {
         struct page *page;
         struct pagevec pvec;
@@ -1733,13 +1733,13 @@ static pgoff_t shmem_seek_hole_data(struct address_space *mapping,
                 pvec.nr = shmem_find_get_pages_and_swap(mapping, index,
                                         pvec.nr, pvec.pages, indices);
                 if (!pvec.nr) {
-                        if (origin == SEEK_DATA)
+                        if (whence == SEEK_DATA)
                                 index = end;
                         break;
                 }
                 for (i = 0; i < pvec.nr; i++, index++) {
                         if (index < indices[i]) {
-                                if (origin == SEEK_HOLE) {
+                                if (whence == SEEK_HOLE) {
                                         done = true;
                                         break;
                                 }
@@ -1751,8 +1751,8 @@ static pgoff_t shmem_seek_hole_data(struct address_space *mapping,
                                         page = NULL;
                         }
                         if (index >= end ||
-                            (page && origin == SEEK_DATA) ||
-                            (!page && origin == SEEK_HOLE)) {
+                            (page && whence == SEEK_DATA) ||
+                            (!page && whence == SEEK_HOLE)) {
                                 done = true;
                                 break;
                         }
@@ -1765,15 +1765,15 @@ static pgoff_t shmem_seek_hole_data(struct address_space *mapping,
         return index;
 }
 
-static loff_t shmem_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+static loff_t shmem_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
         struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
         struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
         pgoff_t start, end;
         loff_t new_offset;
 
-        if (origin != SEEK_DATA && origin != SEEK_HOLE)
-                return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, origin,
+        if (whence != SEEK_DATA && whence != SEEK_HOLE)
+                return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, whence,
                                         MAX_LFS_FILESIZE, i_size_read(inode));
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
         /* We're holding i_mutex so we can access i_size directly */
@@ -1785,12 +1785,12 @@ static loff_t shmem_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
         else {
                 start = offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
                 end = (inode->i_size + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-                new_offset = shmem_seek_hole_data(mapping, start, end, origin);
+                new_offset = shmem_seek_hole_data(mapping, start, end, whence);
                 new_offset <<= PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
                 if (new_offset > offset) {
                         if (new_offset < inode->i_size)
                                 offset = new_offset;
-                        else if (origin == SEEK_DATA)
+                        else if (whence == SEEK_DATA)
                                 offset = -ENXIO;
                         else
                                 offset = inode->i_size;