6 files changed, 2 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
index 225202db8974..27967f92e820 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ do_more:
                 count = overflow;
                 goto do_more;
         }
-        sb->s_dirt = 1;
+
 error_return:
         brelse(bitmap_bh);
         ext3_std_error(sb, err);
@@ -1708,7 +1708,6 @@ allocated:
         if (!fatal)
                 fatal = err;
 
-        sb->s_dirt = 1;
         if (fatal)
                 goto out;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index dd13d60d524b..b39991285136 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void ext3_free_inode (handle_t *handle, struct inode * inode)
         err = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, bitmap_bh);
         if (!fatal)
                 fatal = err;
-        sb->s_dirt = 1;
+
 error_return:
         brelse(bitmap_bh);
         ext3_std_error(sb, fatal);
@@ -537,7 +537,6 @@ got:
         percpu_counter_dec(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
         if (S_ISDIR(mode))
                 percpu_counter_inc(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);
-        sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
         inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
         if (test_opt (sb, GRPID))
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index fcfa24361856..b0248c6d5d4c 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2960,7 +2960,6 @@ static int ext3_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
                                 ext3_update_dynamic_rev(sb);
                                 EXT3_SET_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
                                         EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE);
-                                sb->s_dirt = 1;
                                 handle->h_sync = 1;
                                 err = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle,
                                                 EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/resize.c b/fs/ext3/resize.c
index 78fdf3836370..8a0b26340b54 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/resize.c
@@ -934,7 +934,6 @@ int ext3_group_add(struct super_block *sb, struct ext3_new_group_data *input)
                            EXT3_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb));
 
         ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, sbi->s_sbh);
-        sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
 exit_journal:
         unlock_super(sb);
@@ -1066,7 +1065,6 @@ int ext3_group_extend(struct super_block *sb, struct ext3_super_block *es,
         }
         es->s_blocks_count = cpu_to_le32(o_blocks_count + add);
         ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
-        sb->s_dirt = 1;
         unlock_super(sb);
         ext3_debug("freeing blocks %lu through "E3FSBLK"\n", o_blocks_count,
                    o_blocks_count + add);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 3c70d52afb10..1efd958687e9 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static const char *ext3_decode_error(struct super_block * sb, int errno,
 static int ext3_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data);
 static int ext3_statfs (struct dentry * dentry, struct kstatfs * buf);
 static int ext3_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb);
-static void ext3_write_super (struct super_block * sb);
 static int ext3_freeze(struct super_block *sb);
 
 /*
@@ -761,7 +760,6 @@ static const struct super_operations ext3_sops = {
         .dirty_inode    = ext3_dirty_inode,
         .delete_inode   = ext3_delete_inode,
         .put_super      = ext3_put_super,
-        .write_super    = ext3_write_super,
         .sync_fs        = ext3_sync_fs,
         .freeze_fs      = ext3_freeze,
         .unfreeze_fs    = ext3_unfreeze,
@@ -1785,7 +1783,6 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 #else
                 es->s_flags |= cpu_to_le32(EXT2_FLAGS_SIGNED_HASH);
 #endif
-                sb->s_dirt = 1;
         }
 
         if (sbi->s_blocks_per_group > blocksize * 8) {
@@ -2265,7 +2262,6 @@ static int ext3_load_journal(struct super_block *sb,
         if (journal_devnum &&
             journal_devnum != le32_to_cpu(es->s_journal_dev)) {
                 es->s_journal_dev = cpu_to_le32(journal_devnum);
-                sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
                 /* Make sure we flush the recovery flag to disk. */
                 ext3_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
@@ -2308,7 +2304,6 @@ static int ext3_create_journal(struct super_block * sb,
         EXT3_SET_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_HAS_JOURNAL);
 
         es->s_journal_inum = cpu_to_le32(journal_inum);
-        sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
         /* Make sure we flush the recovery flag to disk. */
         ext3_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
@@ -2354,7 +2349,6 @@ static void ext3_mark_recovery_complete(struct super_block * sb,
         if (EXT3_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER) &&
             sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
                 EXT3_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
-                sb->s_dirt = 0;
                 ext3_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
         }
         unlock_super(sb);
@@ -2413,29 +2407,14 @@ int ext3_force_commit(struct super_block *sb)
                 return 0;
 
         journal = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal;
-        sb->s_dirt = 0;
         ret = ext3_journal_force_commit(journal);
         return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * Ext3 always journals updates to the superblock itself, so we don't
- * have to propagate any other updates to the superblock on disk at this
- * point.  (We can probably nuke this function altogether, and remove
- * any mention to sb->s_dirt in all of fs/ext3; eventual cleanup...)
- */
-static void ext3_write_super (struct super_block * sb)
-{
-        if (mutex_trylock(&sb->s_lock) != 0)
-                BUG();
-        sb->s_dirt = 0;
-}
-
 static int ext3_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
         tid_t target;
 
-        sb->s_dirt = 0;
         if (journal_start_commit(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, &target)) {
                 if (wait)
                         log_wait_commit(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, target);
@@ -2451,7 +2430,6 @@ static int ext3_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
 {
         int error = 0;
         journal_t *journal;
-        sb->s_dirt = 0;
 
         if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
                 journal = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index 83b7be849bd5..545e37c4b91e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ static void ext3_xattr_update_super_block(handle_t *handle,
 
         if (ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh) == 0) {
                 EXT3_SET_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR);
-                sb->s_dirt = 1;
                 ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
         }
 }