7 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
index c2e7a7ff0080..c63a3c8beb73 100644
--- a/fs/afs/write.c
+++ b/fs/afs/write.c
@@ -712,7 +712,6 @@ int afs_writeback_all(struct afs_vnode *vnode)
                 .bdi            = mapping->backing_dev_info,
                 .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_ALL,
                 .nr_to_write    = LONG_MAX,
-                .for_writepages = 1,
                 .range_cyclic   = 1,
         };
         int ret;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
index d6f0806c682f..7b2f401e604e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
@@ -740,7 +740,6 @@ int btrfs_fdatawrite_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start,
                 .nr_to_write = mapping->nrpages * 2,
                 .range_start = start,
                 .range_end = end,
-                .for_writepages = 1,
         };
         return btrfs_writepages(mapping, &wbc);
 }
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 7b4088b2364d..0df600e9162d 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ static int journal_submit_inode_data_buffers(struct address_space *mapping)
                 .nr_to_write = mapping->nrpages * 2,
                 .range_start = 0,
                 .range_end = i_size_read(mapping->host),
-                .for_writepages = 1,
         };
 
         ret = generic_writepages(mapping, &wbc);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 120acadc6a84..53eb26c16b50 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1490,7 +1490,6 @@ static int nfs_write_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, int how)
                 .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
                 .range_start = 0,
                 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
-                .for_writepages = 1,
         };
 
         return __nfs_write_mapping(mapping, &wbc, how);
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index d347632f1861..48a054e2b716 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ struct writeback_control {
         unsigned encountered_congestion:1; /* An output: a queue is full */
         unsigned for_kupdate:1;         /* A kupdate writeback */
         unsigned for_reclaim:1;         /* Invoked from the page allocator */
-        unsigned for_writepages:1;      /* This is a writepages() call */
         unsigned range_cyclic:1;        /* range_start is cyclic */
         unsigned more_io:1;             /* more io to be dispatched */
         /*
diff --git a/include/trace/events/ext4.h b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
index 7d8b5bc74185..8d433c4e3709 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/ext4.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ TRACE_EVENT(ext4_da_writepages,
                 __field(        char,   nonblocking             )
                 __field(        char,   for_kupdate             )
                 __field(        char,   for_reclaim             )
-                __field(        char,   for_writepages          )
                 __field(        char,   range_cyclic            )
         ),
 
@@ -241,16 +240,15 @@ TRACE_EVENT(ext4_da_writepages,
                 __entry->nonblocking    = wbc->nonblocking;
                 __entry->for_kupdate    = wbc->for_kupdate;
                 __entry->for_reclaim    = wbc->for_reclaim;
-                __entry->for_writepages = wbc->for_writepages;
                 __entry->range_cyclic   = wbc->range_cyclic;
         ),
 
-        TP_printk("dev %s ino %lu nr_t_write %ld pages_skipped %ld range_start %llu range_end %llu nonblocking %d for_kupdate %d for_reclaim %d for_writepages %d range_cyclic %d",
+        TP_printk("dev %s ino %lu nr_t_write %ld pages_skipped %ld range_start %llu range_end %llu nonblocking %d for_kupdate %d for_reclaim %d range_cyclic %d",
                   jbd2_dev_to_name(__entry->dev), __entry->ino, __entry->nr_to_write,
                   __entry->pages_skipped, __entry->range_start,
                   __entry->range_end, __entry->nonblocking,
                   __entry->for_kupdate, __entry->for_reclaim,
-                  __entry->for_writepages, __entry->range_cyclic)
+                  __entry->range_cyclic)
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(ext4_da_writepages_result,
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index dd73d29c15a8..abc648f5de00 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1020,12 +1020,10 @@ int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
         if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
                 return 0;
-        wbc->for_writepages = 1;
         if (mapping->a_ops->writepages)
                 ret = mapping->a_ops->writepages(mapping, wbc);
         else
                 ret = generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
-        wbc->for_writepages = 0;
         return ret;
 }