31 files changed, 55 insertions, 55 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 8b4c8e04d879..d56151fe77dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
         void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
         void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
         void (*truncate) (struct inode *);
-        int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
+        int (*permission) (struct inode *, int);
         int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int);
         int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
         int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ otherwise noted.
   permission: called by the VFS to check for access rights on a POSIX-like
         filesystem.
 
-        May be called in rcu-walk mode (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU). If in rcu-walk
+        May be called in rcu-walk mode (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK). If in rcu-walk
         mode, the filesystem must check the permission without blocking or
         storing to the inode.
 
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 5a9b6843bac1..f396d337b817 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ extern void afs_clear_permits(struct afs_vnode *);
 extern void afs_cache_permit(struct afs_vnode *, struct key *, long);
 extern void afs_zap_permits(struct rcu_head *);
 extern struct key *afs_request_key(struct afs_cell *);
-extern int afs_permission(struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
+extern int afs_permission(struct inode *, int);
 
 /*
  * server.c
diff --git a/fs/afs/security.c b/fs/afs/security.c
index ab6b3147f05f..8d010422dc89 100644
--- a/fs/afs/security.c
+++ b/fs/afs/security.c
@@ -285,14 +285,14 @@ static int afs_check_permit(struct afs_vnode *vnode, struct key *key,
  * - AFS ACLs are attached to directories only, and a file is controlled by its
  *   parent directory's ACL
  */
-int afs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int afs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(inode);
         afs_access_t uninitialized_var(access);
         struct key *key;
         int ret;
 
-        if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+        if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
                 return -ECHILD;
 
         _enter("{{%x:%u},%lx},%x,",
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index bfcb18feb1df..f024d8aaddef 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int bad_inode_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer,
         return -EIO;
 }
 
-static int bad_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+static int bad_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         return -EIO;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index b61b0477a8ac..cb170ca51c64 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7331,7 +7331,7 @@ static int btrfs_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
         return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
 }
 
-static int btrfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+static int btrfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 9c169741b416..dfb2831d8d85 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -1795,11 +1795,11 @@ int ceph_do_getattr(struct inode *inode, int mask)
  * Check inode permissions.  We verify we have a valid value for
  * the AUTH cap, then call the generic handler.
  */
-int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         int err;
 
-        if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+        if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
                 return -ECHILD;
 
         err = ceph_do_getattr(inode, CEPH_CAP_AUTH_SHARED);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index f5cabefa98dc..56c41ef47cad 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ extern void ceph_queue_invalidate(struct inode *inode);
 extern void ceph_queue_writeback(struct inode *inode);
 
 extern int ceph_do_getattr(struct inode *inode, int mask);
-extern int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+extern int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 extern int ceph_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 extern int ceph_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
                         struct kstat *stat);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index b285b5bcf711..cbbb55e781d3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ cifs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int cifs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+static int cifs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
 
diff --git a/fs/coda/coda_linux.h b/fs/coda/coda_linux.h
index 9b0c5323890b..44e17e9c21ae 100644
--- a/fs/coda/coda_linux.h
+++ b/fs/coda/coda_linux.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ extern const struct file_operations coda_ioctl_operations;
 /* operations shared over more than one file */
 int coda_open(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
 int coda_release(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
-int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int coda_revalidate_inode(struct dentry *);
 int coda_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 int coda_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 2b8dae4d121e..cd5532398c15 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -132,11 +132,11 @@ exit:
 }
 
 
-int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         int error;
 
-        if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+        if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
                 return -ECHILD;
 
         mask &= MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC;
diff --git a/fs/coda/pioctl.c b/fs/coda/pioctl.c
index cb140ef293e4..ee0981f1375b 100644
--- a/fs/coda/pioctl.c
+++ b/fs/coda/pioctl.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "coda_linux.h"
 
 /* pioctl ops */
-static int coda_ioctl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+static int coda_ioctl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 static long coda_pioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
                         unsigned long user_data);
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const struct file_operations coda_ioctl_operations = {
 };
 
 /* the coda pioctl inode ops */
-static int coda_ioctl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+static int coda_ioctl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         return (mask & MAY_EXEC) ? -EACCES : 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 7349ade17de6..bec75f8e91ac 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -942,9 +942,9 @@ int ecryptfs_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t new_length)
 }
 
 static int
-ecryptfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+ecryptfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
-        if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+        if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
                 return -ECHILD;
         return inode_permission(ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode), mask);
 }
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 0df56b6c26e2..e2b14001cea5 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -971,9 +971,9 @@ static int fuse_access(struct inode *inode, int mask)
         return err;
 }
 
-static int fuse_perm_getattr(struct inode *inode, int flags)
+static int fuse_perm_getattr(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
-        if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+        if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
                 return -ECHILD;
 
         return fuse_do_getattr(inode, NULL, NULL);
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ static int fuse_perm_getattr(struct inode *inode, int flags)
  * access request is sent.  Execute permission is still checked
  * locally based on file mode.
  */
-static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
         bool refreshed = false;
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
                 if (fi->i_time < get_jiffies_64()) {
                         refreshed = true;
 
-                        err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, flags);
+                        err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, mask);
                         if (err)
                                 return err;
                 }
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
                    attributes.  This is also needed, because the root
                    node will at first have no permissions */
                 if (err == -EACCES && !refreshed) {
-                        err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, flags);
+                        err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, mask);
                         if (!err)
                                 err = generic_permission(inode, mask);
                 }
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
                    noticed immediately, only after the attribute
                    timeout has expired */
         } else if (mask & (MAY_ACCESS | MAY_CHDIR)) {
-                if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+                if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
                         return -ECHILD;
 
                 err = fuse_access(inode, mask);
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
                         if (refreshed)
                                 return -EACCES;
 
-                        err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, flags);
+                        err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, mask);
                         if (!err && !(inode->i_mode & S_IXUGO))
                                 return -EACCES;
                 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index a9f5cbe45cd9..89c39e53760d 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static int do_gfs2_set_flags(struct file *filp, u32 reqflags, u32 mask)
             !capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE))
                 goto out;
         if (!IS_IMMUTABLE(inode)) {
-                error = gfs2_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE, 0);
+                error = gfs2_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
                 if (error)
                         goto out;
         }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index b776ec8f9c19..b1090d66a6fd 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ struct inode *gfs2_lookupi(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name,
         }
 
         if (!is_root) {
-                error = gfs2_permission(dir, MAY_EXEC, 0);
+                error = gfs2_permission(dir, MAY_EXEC);
                 if (error)
                         goto out;
         }
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static int create_ok(struct gfs2_inode *dip, const struct qstr *name,
 {
         int error;
 
-        error = gfs2_permission(&dip->i_inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC, 0);
+        error = gfs2_permission(&dip->i_inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
         if (error)
                 return error;
 
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ static int gfs2_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
         if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
                 goto out_gunlock;
 
-        error = gfs2_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC, 0);
+        error = gfs2_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
         if (error)
                 goto out_gunlock;
 
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ static int gfs2_unlink_ok(struct gfs2_inode *dip, const struct qstr *name,
         if (IS_APPEND(&dip->i_inode))
                 return -EPERM;
 
-        error = gfs2_permission(&dip->i_inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC, 0);
+        error = gfs2_permission(&dip->i_inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
         if (error)
                 return error;
 
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ static int gfs2_rename(struct inode *odir, struct dentry *odentry,
                         }
                 }
         } else {
-                error = gfs2_permission(ndir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC, 0);
+                error = gfs2_permission(ndir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
                 if (error)
                         goto out_gunlock;
 
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ static int gfs2_rename(struct inode *odir, struct dentry *odentry,
         /* Check out the dir to be renamed */
 
         if (dir_rename) {
-                error = gfs2_permission(odentry->d_inode, MAY_WRITE, 0);
+                error = gfs2_permission(odentry->d_inode, MAY_WRITE);
                 if (error)
                         goto out_gunlock;
         }
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ static void gfs2_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *p)
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
-int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         struct gfs2_inode *ip;
         struct gfs2_holder i_gh;
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 
         ip = GFS2_I(inode);
         if (gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(ip->i_gl) == NULL) {
-                if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+                if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
                         return -ECHILD;
                 error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_ANY, &i_gh);
                 if (error)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.h b/fs/gfs2/inode.h
index 31606076f701..8d90e0c07672 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ extern int gfs2_inode_refresh(struct gfs2_inode *ip);
 
 extern struct inode *gfs2_lookupi(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name,
                                   int is_root);
-extern int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+extern int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 extern int gfs2_setattr_simple(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr);
 extern struct inode *gfs2_lookup_simple(struct inode *dip, const char *name);
 extern void gfs2_dinode_out(const struct gfs2_inode *ip, void *buf);
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index b1bc31bde833..6e449c599b9d 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -748,12 +748,12 @@ int hostfs_rename(struct inode *from_ino, struct dentry *from,
         return err;
 }
 
-int hostfs_permission(struct inode *ino, int desired, unsigned int flags)
+int hostfs_permission(struct inode *ino, int desired)
 {
         char *name;
         int r = 0, w = 0, x = 0, err;
 
-        if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+        if (desired & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
                 return -ECHILD;
 
         if (desired & MAY_READ) r = 1;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 684e0f30cf4c..c5c382620a86 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
         }
 
         if (inode->i_op->permission)
-                retval = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask, 0);
+                retval = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask);
         else
                 retval = generic_permission(inode, mask);
 
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static inline int exec_permission(struct inode *inode, unsigned int flags)
                 mask |= MAY_NOT_BLOCK;
 
         if (inode->i_op->permission) {
-                ret = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask, flags);
+                ret = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask);
                 if (likely(!ret))
                         goto ok;
         } else {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 16cf84b4afb9..a86acd6d0cb4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2273,12 +2273,12 @@ int nfs_may_open(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, int openflags)
         return nfs_do_access(inode, cred, nfs_open_permission_mask(openflags));
 }
 
-int nfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int nfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         struct rpc_cred *cred;
         int res = 0;
 
-        if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+        if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
                 return -ECHILD;
 
         nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSACCESS);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 0df6de58bbcb..be8664c6a825 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ out_err:
         return err;
 }
 
-int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         struct nilfs_root *root = NILFS_I(inode)->i_root;
         if ((mask & MAY_WRITE) && root &&
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index f02b9ad43a21..6fb7511c0328 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ extern void nilfs_update_inode(struct inode *, struct buffer_head *);
 extern void nilfs_truncate(struct inode *);
 extern void nilfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int nilfs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
-int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int nilfs_load_inode_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **pbh);
 extern int nilfs_inode_dirty(struct inode *);
 int nilfs_set_file_dirty(struct inode *inode, unsigned nr_dirty);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index ecb52b028964..1406c37a5722 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1279,11 +1279,11 @@ bail:
         return err;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         int ret;
 
-        if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+        if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
                 return -ECHILD;
 
         ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.h b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
index f5afbbef6703..97bf761c9e7c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int ocfs2_zero_extend(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 int ocfs2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 int ocfs2_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
                   struct kstat *stat);
-int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 
 int ocfs2_should_update_atime(struct inode *inode,
                               struct vfsmount *vfsmnt);
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 53a1a961b25f..be1ff932033b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2167,7 +2167,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_fd_operations = {
  * /proc/pid/fd needs a special permission handler so that a process can still
  * access /proc/self/fd after it has executed a setuid().
  */
-static int proc_fd_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+static int proc_fd_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         int rv = generic_permission(inode, mask);
         if (rv == 0)
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 349b22f434d8..1a77dbef226f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ out:
         return ret;
 }
 
-static int proc_sys_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask,unsigned int flags)
+static int proc_sys_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         /*
          * sysctl entries that are not writeable,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index f17319613a85..4ea2ab41fdee 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ static int xattr_mount_check(struct super_block *s)
         return 0;
 }
 
-int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         /*
          * We don't do permission checks on the internal objects.
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 04c81e5ba6f7..e3f091a81c72 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -349,11 +349,11 @@ int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const void *ns, const cha
                 return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 
-        if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+        if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
                 return -ECHILD;
 
         sd = inode->i_private;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 2ed2404f3113..845ab3ad229d 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static inline void __sysfs_put(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 struct inode *sysfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 void sysfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int sysfs_sd_setattr(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct iattr *iattr);
-int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
 int sysfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat);
 int sysfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index a1689c13eb77..1fdefe3995fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ struct file_operations {
 struct inode_operations {
         struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
         void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
-        int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
+        int (*permission) (struct inode *, int);
         int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int);
 
         int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 1b93b9c60e55..86014811a0fb 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ extern int nfs_refresh_inode(struct inode *, struct nfs_fattr *);
 extern int nfs_post_op_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr);
 extern int nfs_post_op_update_inode_force_wcc(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr);
 extern int nfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
-extern int nfs_permission(struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
+extern int nfs_permission(struct inode *, int);
 extern int nfs_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern int nfs_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern int nfs_attribute_timeout(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
index 424ba6416e7c..57958c0e1d38 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ int reiserfs_xattr_init(struct super_block *sb, int mount_flags);
 int reiserfs_lookup_privroot(struct super_block *sb);
 int reiserfs_delete_xattrs(struct inode *inode);
 int reiserfs_chown_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attrs);
-int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 #define has_xattr_dir(inode) (REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags & i_has_xattr_dir)