3 files changed, 10 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index 095f1740f3ae..bb40083b6b7d 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -119,25 +119,12 @@ out:
         return status;
 }
 
-static int
-nfsd4_rec_fsync(struct dentry *dentry)
+static void
+nfsd4_sync_rec_dir(void)
 {
-        struct file *filp;
-        int status = nfs_ok;
-
-        dprintk("NFSD: nfs4_fsync_rec_dir\n");
-        filp = dentry_open(dget(dentry), mntget(rec_dir.mnt), O_RDWR);
-        if (IS_ERR(filp)) {
-                status = PTR_ERR(filp);
-                goto out;
-        }
-        if (filp->f_op && filp->f_op->fsync)
-                status = filp->f_op->fsync(filp, filp->f_dentry, 0);
-        fput(filp);
-out:
-        if (status)
-                printk("nfsd4: unable to sync recovery directory\n");
-        return status;
+        down(&rec_dir.dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+        nfsd_sync_dir(rec_dir.dentry);
+        up(&rec_dir.dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
 }
 
 int
@@ -176,7 +163,7 @@ out_unlock:
         up(&rec_dir.dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
         if (status == 0) {
                 clp->cl_firststate = 1;
-                status = nfsd4_rec_fsync(rec_dir.dentry);
+                nfsd4_sync_rec_dir();
         }
         nfs4_reset_user(uid, gid);
         dprintk("NFSD: nfsd4_create_clid_dir returns %d\n", status);
@@ -331,7 +318,7 @@ nfsd4_remove_clid_dir(struct nfs4_client *clp)
         status = nfsd4_unlink_clid_dir(clp->cl_recdir, HEXDIR_LEN-1);
         nfs4_reset_user(uid, gid);
         if (status == 0)
-                status = nfsd4_rec_fsync(rec_dir.dentry);
+                nfsd4_sync_rec_dir();
         if (status)
                 printk("NFSD: Failed to remove expired client state directory"
                                 " %.*s\n", HEXDIR_LEN, clp->cl_recdir);
@@ -362,7 +349,7 @@ nfsd4_recdir_purge_old(void) {
                 return;
         status = nfsd4_list_rec_dir(rec_dir.dentry, purge_old);
         if (status == 0)
-                status = nfsd4_rec_fsync(rec_dir.dentry);
+                nfsd4_sync_rec_dir();
         if (status)
                 printk("nfsd4: failed to purge old clients from recovery"
                         " directory %s\n", rec_dir.dentry->d_name.name);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index be24ead89d94..5e0bf3917607 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ nfsd_sync(struct file *filp)
         up(&inode->i_sem);
 }
 
-static void
+void
 nfsd_sync_dir(struct dentry *dp)
 {
         nfsd_dosync(NULL, dp, dp->d_inode->i_fop);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
index 5791dfd30dd0..c2da1b62d416 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ int		nfsd_statfs(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,
 
 int             nfsd_notify_change(struct inode *, struct iattr *);
 int             nfsd_permission(struct svc_export *, struct dentry *, int);
+void            nfsd_sync_dir(struct dentry *dp);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V2_ACL) || defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V2_ACL