2 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index c79316c79ee..1c71e7f4d23 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1753,9 +1753,10 @@ struct super_operations {
  *                      anew.  Other functions will just ignore such inodes,
  *                      if appropriate.  I_NEW is used for waiting.
  *
- * I_SYNC               Synchonized write of dirty inode data.  The bits is
- *                      set during data writeback, and cleared with a wakeup
- *                      on the bit address once it is done.
+ * I_SYNC               Writeback of inode is running. The bit is set during
+ *                      data writeback, and cleared with a wakeup on the bit
+ *                      address once it is done. The bit is also used to pin
+ *                      the inode in memory for flusher thread.
  *
  * I_REFERENCED         Marks the inode as recently references on the LRU list.
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 3309736ff05..6d0a0fcd80e 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
                                 enum wb_reason reason);
 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait);
 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason);
+void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode);
 
 /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
 static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
@@ -102,12 +103,6 @@ static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
         might_sleep();
         wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_NEW, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
-static inline void inode_sync_wait(struct inode *inode)
-{
-        might_sleep();
-        wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC, inode_wait,
-                                                        TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-}
 
 
 /*