11 files changed, 22 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 92ac5192c518..b76f7cd47401 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -2182,7 +2182,7 @@ static int __extent_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
         unsigned long nr_written = 0;
 
         if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
-                write_flags = WRITE_SYNC_PLUG;
+                write_flags = WRITE_SYNC;
         else
                 write_flags = WRITE;
 
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index f903f2e5b4fe..42534f67d71b 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
                                  * still in flight on potentially older
                                  * contents.
                                  */
-                                write_dirty_buffer(bh, WRITE_SYNC_PLUG);
+                                write_dirty_buffer(bh, WRITE_SYNC);
 
                                 /*
                                  * Kick off IO for the previous mapping. Note
@@ -1602,14 +1602,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unmap_underlying_metadata);
  * prevents this contention from occurring.
  *
  * If block_write_full_page() is called with wbc->sync_mode ==
- * WB_SYNC_ALL, the writes are posted using WRITE_SYNC_PLUG; this
- * causes the writes to be flagged as synchronous writes, but the
- * block device queue will NOT be unplugged, since usually many pages
- * will be pushed to the out before the higher-level caller actually
- * waits for the writes to be completed.  The various wait functions,
- * such as wait_on_writeback_range() will ultimately call sync_page()
- * which will ultimately call blk_run_backing_dev(), which will end up
- * unplugging the device queue.
+ * WB_SYNC_ALL, the writes are posted using WRITE_SYNC; this
+ * causes the writes to be flagged as synchronous writes.
  */
 static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
                         get_block_t *get_block, struct writeback_control *wbc,
@@ -1622,7 +1616,7 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
         const unsigned blocksize = 1 << inode->i_blkbits;
         int nr_underway = 0;
         int write_op = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?
-                        WRITE_SYNC_PLUG : WRITE);
+                        WRITE_SYNC : WRITE);
 
         BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index df709b3b860a..426083136099 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
         struct dio *dio;
 
         if (rw & WRITE)
-                rw = WRITE_ODIRECT_PLUG;
+                rw = WRITE_ODIRECT;
 
         if (bdev)
                 bdev_blkbits = blksize_bits(bdev_logical_block_size(bdev));
diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index 955cc309142f..e2cd90e4bb7c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -310,8 +310,7 @@ static int io_submit_init(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
         io_end->offset = (page->index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + bh_offset(bh);
 
         io->io_bio = bio;
-        io->io_op = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?
-                        WRITE_SYNC_PLUG : WRITE);
+        io->io_op = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?  WRITE_SYNC : WRITE);
         io->io_next_block = bh->b_blocknr;
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index eb01f3575e10..7f1c11202342 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ __acquires(&sdp->sd_log_lock)
                         lock_buffer(bh);
                         if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
                                 bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-                                submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+                                submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
                         } else {
                                 unlock_buffer(bh);
                                 brelse(bh);
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ static void gfs2_ordered_write(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
                 lock_buffer(bh);
                 if (buffer_mapped(bh) && test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
                         bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-                        submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+                        submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
                 } else {
                         unlock_buffer(bh);
                         brelse(bh);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lops.c b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
index bf33f822058d..48b545a1979a 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static void buf_lo_before_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
                 }
 
                 gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
-                submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+                submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
                 gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
 
                 n = 0;
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static void buf_lo_before_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
                         gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
                         lock_buffer(bd2->bd_bh);
                         bh = gfs2_log_fake_buf(sdp, bd2->bd_bh);
-                        submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+                        submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
                         gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
                         if (++n >= num)
                                 break;
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static void revoke_lo_before_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
                 sdp->sd_log_num_revoke--;
 
                 if (offset + sizeof(u64) > sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize) {
-                        submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+                        submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 
                         bh = gfs2_log_get_buf(sdp);
                         mh = (struct gfs2_meta_header *)bh->b_data;
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static void revoke_lo_before_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
         }
         gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, !sdp->sd_log_num_revoke);
 
-        submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+        submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 }
 
 static void revoke_lo_before_scan(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd,
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ static void gfs2_write_blocks(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct buffer_head *bh,
         ptr = bh_log_ptr(bh);
         
         get_bh(bh);
-        submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+        submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
         gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
         while(!list_empty(list)) {
                 bd = list_entry(list->next, struct gfs2_bufdata, bd_le.le_list);
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static void gfs2_write_blocks(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct buffer_head *bh,
                 } else {
                         bh1 = gfs2_log_fake_buf(sdp, bd->bd_bh);
                 }
-                submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh1);
+                submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh1);
                 gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
                 ptr += 2;
         }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index a566331db4e1..867b713cba92 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static int gfs2_aspace_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wb
         struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
         int nr_underway = 0;
         int write_op = REQ_META |
-                (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ? WRITE_SYNC_PLUG : WRITE);
+                (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ? WRITE_SYNC : WRITE);
 
         BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
         BUG_ON(!page_has_buffers(page));
diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index 34a4861c14b8..66be299acb1b 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
          * instead we rely on sync_buffer() doing the unplug for us.
          */
         if (commit_transaction->t_synchronous_commit)
-                write_op = WRITE_SYNC_PLUG;
+                write_op = WRITE_SYNC;
         spin_lock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
         while (commit_transaction->t_updates) {
                 DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index f3ad1598b201..3da1cc4346d5 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ static int journal_submit_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
         if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER &&
             !JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
                                        JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT))
-                ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG | WRITE_FLUSH_FUA, bh);
+                ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC | WRITE_FLUSH_FUA, bh);
         else
-                ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+                ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 
         *cbh = bh;
         return ret;
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
          * instead we rely on sync_buffer() doing the unplug for us.
          */
         if (commit_transaction->t_synchronous_commit)
-                write_op = WRITE_SYNC_PLUG;
+                write_op = WRITE_SYNC;
         trace_jbd2_commit_locking(journal, commit_transaction);
         stats.run.rs_wait = commit_transaction->t_max_wait;
         stats.run.rs_locked = jiffies;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c b/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
index 0f83e93935b2..2853ff20f85a 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static int nilfs_segbuf_write(struct nilfs_segment_buffer *segbuf,
                  * Last BIO is always sent through the following
                  * submission.
                  */
-                rw |= REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
+                rw |= REQ_SYNC;
                 res = nilfs_segbuf_submit_bio(segbuf, &wi, rw);
         }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
index 83c1c20d145a..6bbb0ee33253 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
@@ -413,8 +413,7 @@ xfs_submit_ioend_bio(
         if (xfs_ioend_new_eof(ioend))
                 xfs_mark_inode_dirty(XFS_I(ioend->io_inode));
 
-        submit_bio(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?
-                   WRITE_SYNC_PLUG : WRITE, bio);
+        submit_bio(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ? WRITE_SYNC : WRITE, bio);
 }
 
 STATIC struct bio *