Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6:
  remove detritus left by "mm: make read_cache_page synchronous"
  fix fs/sysv s_dirt handling
  fat: convert to use the new truncate convention.
  ext2: convert to use the new truncate convention.
  tmpfs: convert to use the new truncate convention
  fs: convert simple fs to new truncate
  kill spurious reference to vmtruncate
  fs: introduce new truncate sequence
  fs/super: fix kernel-doc warning
  fs/minix: bugfix, number of indirect block ptrs per block depends on block size
  rename the generic fsync implementations
  drop unused dentry argument to ->fsync
  fs: Add missing mutex_unlock
  Fix racy use of anon_inode_getfd() in perf_event.c
  get rid of the magic around f_count in aio
  VFS: fix recent breakage of FS_REVAL_DOT
  Revert "anon_inode: set S_IFREG on the anon_inode"

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 61c98f03baa1..96d4293607ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ prototypes:
         int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *);
         int (*flush) (struct file *);
         int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *);
-        int (*fsync) (struct file *, struct dentry *, int datasync);
+        int (*fsync) (struct file *, int datasync);
         int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync);
         int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int);
         int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index b66858538df5..94677e7dcb13 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -401,11 +401,16 @@ otherwise noted.
         started might not be in the page cache at the end of the
         walk).
 
-  truncate: called by the VFS to change the size of a file.  The
+  truncate: Deprecated. This will not be called if ->setsize is defined.
+        Called by the VFS to change the size of a file.  The
         i_size field of the inode is set to the desired size by the
         VFS before this method is called.  This method is called by
         the truncate(2) system call and related functionality.
 
+        Note: ->truncate and vmtruncate are deprecated. Do not add new
+        instances/calls of these. Filesystems should be converted to do their
+        truncate sequence via ->setattr().
+
   permission: called by the VFS to check for access rights on a POSIX-like
         filesystem.
 
@@ -729,7 +734,7 @@ struct file_operations {
         int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *);
         int (*flush) (struct file *);
         int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *);
-        int (*fsync) (struct file *, struct dentry *, int datasync);
+        int (*fsync) (struct file *, int datasync);
         int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync);
         int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int);
         int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);