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

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-2.6-block:
  ide: always ensure that blk_delay_queue() is called if we have pending IO
  block: fix request sorting at unplug
  dm: improve block integrity support
  fs: export empty_aops
  ide: ide_requeue_and_plug() reinstate "always plug" behaviour
  blk-throttle: don't call xchg on bool
  ufs: remove unessecary blk_flush_plug
  block: make the flush insertion use the tail of the dispatch list
  block: get rid of elv_insert() interface
  block: dump request state on seeing a corrupted request completion

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 5f4e11aaeb5c..33c963d08ab4 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inode_wb_list_lock);
 static DECLARE_RWSEM(iprune_sem);
 
 /*
+ * Empty aops. Can be used for the cases where the user does not
+ * define any of the address_space operations.
+ */
+const struct address_space_operations empty_aops = {
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_aops);
+
+/*
  * Statistics gathering..
  */
 struct inodes_stat_t inodes_stat;
@@ -176,7 +184,6 @@ int proc_nr_inodes(ctl_table *table, int write,
  */
 int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 {
-        static const struct address_space_operations empty_aops;
         static const struct inode_operations empty_iops;
         static const struct file_operations empty_fops;
         struct address_space *const mapping = &inode->i_data;