4 files changed, 0 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index c2992bc54f2f..8b22d7d8b991 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ prototypes:
         void (*destroy_inode)(struct inode *);
         void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *);
         int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, int);
-        void (*put_inode) (struct inode *);
         void (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
         void (*delete_inode) (struct inode *);
         void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ alloc_inode:		no	no	no
 destroy_inode:          no
 dirty_inode:            no                              (must not sleep)
 write_inode:            no
-put_inode:              no
 drop_inode:             no                              !!!inode_lock!!!
 delete_inode:           no
 put_super:              yes     yes     no
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 81e5be6e6e35..b7522c6cbae3 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ struct super_operations {
 
         void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *);
         int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, int);
-        void (*put_inode) (struct inode *);
         void (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
         void (*delete_inode) (struct inode *);
         void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);
@@ -246,9 +245,6 @@ or bottom half).
         inode to disc.  The second parameter indicates whether the write
         should be synchronous or not, not all filesystems check this flag.
 
-  put_inode: called when the VFS inode is removed from the inode
-        cache.
-
   drop_inode: called when the last access to the inode is dropped,
         with the inode_lock spinlock held.
 
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index bf6478130424..18bdce14b70c 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1153,9 +1153,6 @@ void iput(struct inode *inode)
 
                 BUG_ON(inode->i_state == I_CLEAR);
 
-                if (op && op->put_inode)
-                        op->put_inode(inode);
-
                 if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&inode->i_count, &inode_lock))
                         iput_final(inode);
         }
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index a1ba005d08e7..7e0fa9e64479 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1289,17 +1289,12 @@ extern ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *, const struct iovec __user *,
 extern ssize_t vfs_writev(struct file *, const struct iovec __user *,
                 unsigned long, loff_t *);
 
-/*
- * NOTE: write_inode, delete_inode, clear_inode, put_inode can be called
- * without the big kernel lock held in all filesystems.
- */
 struct super_operations {
         struct inode *(*alloc_inode)(struct super_block *sb);
         void (*destroy_inode)(struct inode *);
 
         void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *);
         int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, int);
-        void (*put_inode) (struct inode *);
         void (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
         void (*delete_inode) (struct inode *);
         void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);