3 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
index a3385b63ff5e..0a992737dcaf 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ void ocfs2_complete_quota_recovery(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
 
 static inline void ocfs2_start_checkpoint(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 {
-        atomic_set(&osb->needs_checkpoint, 1);
         wake_up(&osb->checkpoint_event);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index d355e6e36b36..3a903470c794 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ struct ocfs2_super
         struct task_struct *recovery_thread_task;
         int disable_recovery;
         wait_queue_head_t checkpoint_event;
-        atomic_t needs_checkpoint;
         struct ocfs2_journal *journal;
         unsigned long osb_commit_interval;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 01b85165552b..854d80955bf8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -286,10 +286,9 @@ static int ocfs2_osb_dump(struct ocfs2_super *osb, char *buf, int len)
         spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
 
         out += snprintf(buf + out, len - out,
-                        "%10s => Pid: %d  Interval: %lu  Needs: %d\n", "Commit",
+                        "%10s => Pid: %d  Interval: %lu\n", "Commit",
                         (osb->commit_task ? task_pid_nr(osb->commit_task) : -1),
-                        osb->osb_commit_interval,
-                        atomic_read(&osb->needs_checkpoint));
+                        osb->osb_commit_interval);
 
         out += snprintf(buf + out, len - out,
                         "%10s => State: %d  TxnId: %lu  NumTxns: %d\n",
@@ -2154,7 +2153,6 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
         }
 
         init_waitqueue_head(&osb->checkpoint_event);
-        atomic_set(&osb->needs_checkpoint, 0);
 
         osb->s_atime_quantum = OCFS2_DEFAULT_ATIME_QUANTUM;