3 files changed, 8 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 23f1f3a68077..373bb6292bdc 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -331,7 +331,6 @@ long do_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        current->flags |= PF_SYNCWRITE;
         ret = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
 
         /*
@@ -346,7 +345,6 @@ long do_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
         err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
         if (!ret)
                 ret = err;
-        current->flags &= ~PF_SYNCWRITE;
 out:
         return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index b05d1b218776..538fb0418fba 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int dio_refill_pages(struct dio *dio)
                 NULL);                          /* vmas */
         up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 
-        if (ret < 0 && dio->blocks_available && (dio->rw == WRITE)) {
+        if (ret < 0 && dio->blocks_available && (dio->rw & WRITE)) {
                 struct page *page = ZERO_PAGE(dio->curr_user_address);
                 /*
                  * A memory fault, but the filesystem has some outstanding
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static int get_more_blocks(struct dio *dio)
                 map_bh->b_state = 0;
                 map_bh->b_size = fs_count << dio->inode->i_blkbits;
 
-                create = dio->rw == WRITE;
+                create = dio->rw & WRITE;
                 if (dio->lock_type == DIO_LOCKING) {
                         if (dio->block_in_file < (i_size_read(dio->inode) >>
                                                         dio->blkbits))
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ do_holes:
                                 loff_t i_size_aligned;
 
                                 /* AKPM: eargh, -ENOTBLK is a hack */
-                                if (dio->rw == WRITE) {
+                                if (dio->rw & WRITE) {
                                         page_cache_release(page);
                                         return -ENOTBLK;
                                 }
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
                 }
         } /* end iovec loop */
 
-        if (ret == -ENOTBLK && rw == WRITE) {
+        if (ret == -ENOTBLK && (rw & WRITE)) {
                 /*
                  * The remaining part of the request will be
                  * be handled by buffered I/O when we return
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
         if (dio->is_async) {
                 int should_wait = 0;
 
-                if (dio->result < dio->size && rw == WRITE) {
+                if (dio->result < dio->size && (rw & WRITE)) {
                         dio->waiter = current;
                         should_wait = 1;
                 }
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
                         ret = transferred;
 
                 /* We could have also come here on an AIO file extend */
-                if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb) && rw == WRITE &&
+                if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb) && (rw & WRITE) &&
                     ret >= 0 && dio->result == dio->size)
                         /*
                          * For AIO writes where we have completed the
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
         int acquire_i_mutex = 0;
 
         if (rw & WRITE)
-                current->flags |= PF_SYNCWRITE;
+                rw = WRITE_SYNC;
 
         if (bdev)
                 bdev_blkbits = blksize_bits(bdev_hardsect_size(bdev));
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
          * even for AIO, we need to wait for i/o to complete before
          * returning in this case.
          */
-        dio->is_async = !is_sync_kiocb(iocb) && !((rw == WRITE) &&
+        dio->is_async = !is_sync_kiocb(iocb) && !((rw & WRITE) &&
                 (end > i_size_read(inode)));
 
         retval = direct_io_worker(rw, iocb, inode, iov, offset,
@@ -1284,8 +1284,6 @@ out:
                 mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
         else if (acquire_i_mutex)
                 mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-        if (rw & WRITE)
-                current->flags &= ~PF_SYNCWRITE;
         return retval;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blockdev_direct_IO);
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 6db95cf3aaa2..031b27a4bc9a 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -623,7 +623,6 @@ int generic_osync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping, int
         int need_write_inode_now = 0;
         int err2;
 
-        current->flags |= PF_SYNCWRITE;
         if (what & OSYNC_DATA)
                 err = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
         if (what & (OSYNC_METADATA|OSYNC_DATA)) {
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@ int generic_osync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping, int
                 if (!err)
                         err = err2;
         }
-        current->flags &= ~PF_SYNCWRITE;
 
         spin_lock(&inode_lock);
         if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&