1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index c947803a7ba4..1b4edc6f7fd7 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -136,11 +136,6 @@ struct nfs_inode {
          * server.
          */
         unsigned long           cache_change_attribute;
-        /*
-         * Counter indicating the number of outstanding requests that
-         * will cause a file data update.
-         */
-        atomic_t                data_updates;
 
         struct rb_root          access_cache;
         struct list_head        access_cache_entry_lru;
@@ -224,9 +219,13 @@ static inline struct nfs_inode *NFS_I(struct inode *inode)
 
 #define NFS_FILEID(inode)               (NFS_I(inode)->fileid)
 
-static inline int nfs_caches_unstable(struct inode *inode)
+/**
+ * nfs_begin_data_update
+ * @inode - pointer to inode
+ * Declare that a set of operations will update file data on the server
+ */
+static inline void nfs_begin_data_update(struct inode *inode)
 {
-        return atomic_read(&NFS_I(inode)->data_updates) != 0;
 }
 
 static inline void nfs_mark_for_revalidate(struct inode *inode)
@@ -299,7 +298,6 @@ extern int nfs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern void nfs_setattr_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr);
 extern void nfs_begin_attr_update(struct inode *);
 extern void nfs_end_attr_update(struct inode *);
-extern void nfs_begin_data_update(struct inode *);
 extern void nfs_end_data_update(struct inode *);
 extern struct nfs_open_context *get_nfs_open_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx);
 extern void put_nfs_open_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx);