drop unused dentry argument to ->fsync

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

69 files changed, 129 insertions, 157 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 61c98f0..96d4293 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ prototypes:
 	int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *);
 	int (*flush) (struct file *);
 	int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *);
-	int (*fsync) (struct file *, struct dentry *, int datasync);
+	int (*fsync) (struct file *, int datasync);
 	int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync);
 	int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int);
 	int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index b668585..d4f5731 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ struct file_operations {
 	int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *);
 	int (*flush) (struct file *);
 	int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *);
-	int (*fsync) (struct file *, struct dentry *, int datasync);
+	int (*fsync) (struct file *, int datasync);
 	int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync);
 	int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int);
 	int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
index 5c28082..1a40da9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
@@ -1849,8 +1849,7 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int spufs_mfc_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry,
-			   int datasync)
+static int spufs_mfc_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	return spufs_mfc_flush(file, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/ps3flash.c b/drivers/char/ps3flash.c
index 606048b..85c004a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ps3flash.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ps3flash.c
@@ -305,8 +305,7 @@ static int ps3flash_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 	return ps3flash_writeback(ps3flash_dev);
 }
 
-static int ps3flash_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry,
-			  int datasync)
+static int ps3flash_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	return ps3flash_writeback(ps3flash_dev);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
index 72ebb3f..4dfa6b9 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ static loff_t vol_cdev_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 	return new_offset;
 }
 
-static int vol_cdev_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry,
-			  int datasync)
+static int vol_cdev_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	struct ubi_volume_desc *desc = file->private_data;
 	struct ubi_device *ubi = desc->vol->ubi;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
index 9286e86..e92595e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static struct inode *pohmelfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 /*
  * We want fsync() to work on POHMELFS.
  */
-static int pohmelfs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+static int pohmelfs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
index 6b8bf8c..43abf55 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ printer_write(struct file *fd, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)
 }
 
 static int
-printer_fsync(struct file *fd, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+printer_fsync(struct file *fd, int datasync)
 {
 	struct printer_dev	*dev = fd->private_data;
 	unsigned long		flags;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
index 1105a59..073c9b4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static int fb_deferred_io_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int fb_deferred_io_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int fb_deferred_io_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	struct fb_info *info = file->private_data;
 
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index 25b300e..2bedc6c 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -257,15 +257,13 @@ v9fs_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user * data,
 	return total;
 }
 
-static int v9fs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry,
-					int datasync)
+static int v9fs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
 	struct p9_fid *fid;
 	struct p9_wstat wstat;
 	int retval;
 
-	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp %p dentry %p datasync %x\n", filp,
-						dentry, datasync);
+	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp %p datasync %x\n", filp, datasync);
 
 	fid = filp->private_data;
 	v9fs_blank_wstat(&wstat);
diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index 861dae6..f05b615 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ extern int			 affs_add_entry(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode, struct dent
 
 void		affs_free_prealloc(struct inode *inode);
 extern void	affs_truncate(struct inode *);
-int		affs_file_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+int		affs_file_fsync(struct file *, int);
 
 /* dir.c */
 
diff --git a/fs/affs/file.c b/fs/affs/file.c
index 184e55c..322710c 100644
--- a/fs/affs/file.c
+++ b/fs/affs/file.c
@@ -916,9 +916,9 @@ affs_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 	affs_free_prealloc(inode);
 }
 
-int affs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int affs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
 	int ret, err;
 
 	ret = write_inode_now(inode, 0);
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 807f284..5f679b77 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ extern void afs_pages_written_back(struct afs_vnode *, struct afs_call *);
 extern ssize_t afs_file_write(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *,
 			      unsigned long, loff_t);
 extern int afs_writeback_all(struct afs_vnode *);
-extern int afs_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+extern int afs_fsync(struct file *, int);
 
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
index 3bed54a..3dab9e9 100644
--- a/fs/afs/write.c
+++ b/fs/afs/write.c
@@ -701,8 +701,9 @@ int afs_writeback_all(struct afs_vnode *vnode)
  * - the return status from this call provides a reliable indication of
  *   whether any write errors occurred for this process.
  */
-int afs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int afs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct afs_writeback *wb, *xwb;
 	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(dentry->d_inode);
 	int ret;
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index a05287a..52e59bf 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ static int bad_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
-static int bad_file_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry,
-			int datasync)
+static int bad_file_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	return -EIO;
 }
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 26e5f50..d0b37e6 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -358,12 +358,7 @@ static loff_t block_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 	return retval;
 }
 	
-/*
- *	Filp is never NULL; the only case when ->fsync() is called with
- *	NULL first argument is nfsd_sync_dir() and that's not a directory.
- */
- 
-int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
 	struct inode *bd_inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
 	struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(bd_inode);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index e9bf864..29c2009 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@ void btrfs_update_iflags(struct inode *inode);
 void btrfs_inherit_iflags(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir);
 
 /* file.c */
-int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync);
+int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, int datasync);
 int btrfs_drop_extent_cache(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
 			    int skip_pinned);
 int btrfs_check_file(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 79437c5..787b50a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1101,8 +1101,9 @@ int btrfs_release_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
  * important optimization for directories because holding the mutex prevents
  * new operations on the dir while we write to disk.
  */
-int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	int ret = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 0dd0b81..ae3e3a3 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -1776,9 +1776,9 @@ out:
 	spin_unlock(&ci->i_unsafe_lock);
 }
 
-int ceph_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int ceph_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	unsigned flush_tid;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 4fd3090..0057f4a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -1107,10 +1107,9 @@ static ssize_t ceph_read_dir(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t size,
  * an fsync() on a dir will wait for any uncommitted directory
  * operations to commit.
  */
-static int ceph_dir_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry,
-			  int datasync)
+static int ceph_dir_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct list_head *head = &ci->i_unsafe_dirops;
 	struct ceph_mds_request *req;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 3725c9e..dd1e7ad 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ extern void ceph_put_cap(struct ceph_cap *cap);
 
 extern void ceph_queue_caps_release(struct inode *inode);
 extern int ceph_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc);
-extern int ceph_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync);
+extern int ceph_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync);
 extern void ceph_kick_flushing_caps(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 				    struct ceph_mds_session *session);
 extern int ceph_get_cap_mds(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 0242ff9..a7eb65c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ extern ssize_t cifs_user_read(struct file *file, char __user *read_data,
 extern ssize_t cifs_user_write(struct file *file, const char __user *write_data,
 			 size_t write_size, loff_t *poffset);
 extern int cifs_lock(struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
-extern int cifs_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+extern int cifs_fsync(struct file *, int);
 extern int cifs_flush(struct file *, fl_owner_t id);
 extern int cifs_file_mmap(struct file * , struct vm_area_struct *);
 extern const struct file_operations cifs_dir_ops;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index a83541e..f1ff785 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ static int cifs_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int cifs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int cifs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	int xid;
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -1688,7 +1688,7 @@ int cifs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 	xid = GetXid();
 
 	cFYI(1, "Sync file - name: %s datasync: 0x%x",
-		dentry->d_name.name, datasync);
+		file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name, datasync);
 
 	rc = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
 	if (rc == 0) {
diff --git a/fs/coda/coda_int.h b/fs/coda/coda_int.h
index d99860a..6b443ff 100644
--- a/fs/coda/coda_int.h
+++ b/fs/coda/coda_int.h
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ extern int coda_fake_statfs;
 
 void coda_destroy_inodecache(void);
 int coda_init_inodecache(void);
-int coda_fsync(struct file *coda_file, struct dentry *coda_dentry,
-	       int datasync);
+int coda_fsync(struct file *coda_file, int datasync);
 void coda_sysctl_init(void);
 void coda_sysctl_clean(void);
 
diff --git a/fs/coda/file.c b/fs/coda/file.c
index 7196077..ad3cd2a 100644
--- a/fs/coda/file.c
+++ b/fs/coda/file.c
@@ -202,10 +202,10 @@ int coda_release(struct inode *coda_inode, struct file *coda_file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int coda_fsync(struct file *coda_file, struct dentry *coda_dentry, int datasync)
+int coda_fsync(struct file *coda_file, int datasync)
 {
 	struct file *host_file;
-	struct inode *coda_inode = coda_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *coda_inode = coda_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	struct coda_file_info *cfi;
 	int err = 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index 3bdddbc..e8fcf4e 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 }
 
 static int
-ecryptfs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+ecryptfs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	return vfs_fsync(ecryptfs_file_to_lower(file), datasync);
 }
diff --git a/fs/exofs/file.c b/fs/exofs/file.c
index 839b9dc..fef6899 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/file.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/file.c
@@ -40,12 +40,11 @@ static int exofs_release_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int exofs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry,
-			    int datasync)
+static int exofs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct address_space *mapping = filp->f_mapping;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	struct super_block *sb;
 
 	ret = filemap_write_and_wait(mapping);
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ static int exofs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 static int exofs_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 {
-	exofs_file_fsync(file, file->f_path.dentry, 1);
+	exofs_file_fsync(file, 1);
 	/* TODO: Flush the OSD target */
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.h b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
index 0b038e4..8e917b6 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ extern void ext2_write_super (struct super_block *);
 extern const struct file_operations ext2_dir_operations;
 
 /* file.c */
-extern int ext2_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync);
+extern int ext2_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync);
 extern const struct inode_operations ext2_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations ext2_file_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations ext2_xip_file_operations;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index 5d198d0..48bcfc3 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ static int ext2_release_file (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ext2_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int ext2_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_inode->i_sb;
+	struct super_block *sb = file->f_mapping->host->i_sb;
 	struct address_space *mapping = sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping;
 
-	ret = simple_fsync(file, dentry, datasync);
+	ret = simple_fsync(file, datasync);
 	if (ret == -EIO || test_and_clear_bit(AS_EIO, &mapping->flags)) {
 		/* We don't really know where the IO error happened... */
 		ext2_error(sb, __func__,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/fsync.c b/fs/ext3/fsync.c
index fcf7487..d7e9f74 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/fsync.c
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
  * inode to disk.
  */
 
-int ext3_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int ext3_sync_file(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
 	journal_t *journal = EXT3_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal;
 	int ret, needs_barrier = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 60bd310..19a4de5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ extern int ext4_htree_store_dirent(struct file *dir_file, __u32 hash,
 extern void ext4_htree_free_dir_info(struct dir_private_info *p);
 
 /* fsync.c */
-extern int ext4_sync_file(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+extern int ext4_sync_file(struct file *, int);
 
 /* hash.c */
 extern int ext4fs_dirhash(const char *name, int len, struct
diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index b6a74f9..40f3452 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ static void ext4_sync_parent(struct inode *inode)
  * i_mutex lock is held when entering and exiting this function
  */
 
-int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal;
 	int ret;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 
 	J_ASSERT(ext4_journal_current_handle() == NULL);
 
-	trace_ext4_sync_file(file, dentry, datasync);
+	trace_ext4_sync_file(file, datasync);
 
 	if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
 		return 0;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (!journal) {
-		ret = simple_fsync(file, dentry, datasync);
+		ret = simple_fsync(file, datasync);
 		if (!ret && !list_empty(&inode->i_dentry))
 			ext4_sync_parent(inode);
 		return ret;
diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.h b/fs/fat/fat.h
index 53dba57..a1c8c4b 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.h
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.h
@@ -309,8 +309,7 @@ extern int fat_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr);
 extern void fat_truncate(struct inode *inode);
 extern int fat_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		       struct kstat *stat);
-extern int fat_file_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry,
-			  int datasync);
+extern int fat_file_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync);
 
 /* fat/inode.c */
 extern void fat_attach(struct inode *inode, loff_t i_pos);
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index a14c2f6..29a5769 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@ static int fat_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int fat_file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int fat_file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
 	int res, err;
 
-	res = simple_fsync(filp, dentry, datasync);
+	res = simple_fsync(filp, datasync);
 	err = sync_mapping_buffers(MSDOS_SB(inode->i_sb)->fat_inode->i_mapping);
 
 	return res ? res : err;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 4787ae6..3cdc5f7 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1156,10 +1156,9 @@ static int fuse_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int fuse_dir_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *de, int datasync)
+static int fuse_dir_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	/* nfsd can call this with no file */
-	return file ? fuse_fsync_common(file, de, datasync, 1) : 0;
+	return fuse_fsync_common(file, datasync, 1);
 }
 
 static bool update_mtime(unsigned ivalid)
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index a9f5e13..b5fd6f9 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -351,10 +351,9 @@ static void fuse_sync_writes(struct inode *inode)
 	fuse_release_nowrite(inode);
 }
 
-int fuse_fsync_common(struct file *file, struct dentry *de, int datasync,
-		      int isdir)
+int fuse_fsync_common(struct file *file, int datasync, int isdir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = de->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
 	struct fuse_file *ff = file->private_data;
 	struct fuse_req *req;
@@ -403,9 +402,9 @@ int fuse_fsync_common(struct file *file, struct dentry *de, int datasync,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int fuse_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *de, int datasync)
+static int fuse_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	return fuse_fsync_common(file, de, datasync, 0);
+	return fuse_fsync_common(file, datasync, 0);
 }
 
 void fuse_read_fill(struct fuse_req *req, struct file *file, loff_t pos,
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 01cc462..2c0d14a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -568,8 +568,7 @@ void fuse_release_common(struct file *file, int opcode);
 /**
  * Send FSYNC or FSYNCDIR request
  */
-int fuse_fsync_common(struct file *file, struct dentry *de, int datasync,
-		      int isdir);
+int fuse_fsync_common(struct file *file, int datasync, int isdir);
 
 /**
  * Notify poll wakeup
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index b20bfcc..ed9a94f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -554,9 +554,9 @@ static int gfs2_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
-static int gfs2_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+static int gfs2_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	int sync_state = inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY_SYNC|I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
 	int ret = 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 3a029d8..87ac189 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -411,9 +411,9 @@ int hostfs_file_open(struct inode *ino, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int hostfs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int hostfs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	return fsync_file(HOSTFS_I(dentry->d_inode)->fd, datasync);
+	return fsync_file(HOSTFS_I(file->f_mapping->host)->fd, datasync);
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations hostfs_file_fops = {
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/file.c b/fs/hpfs/file.c
index 3efabff..a9ae9bf 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/file.c
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ static int hpfs_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int hpfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int hpfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	/*return file_fsync(file, dentry);*/
+	/*return file_fsync(file, datasync);*/
 	return 0; /* Don't fsync :-) */
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
index 97bf738..75f9d43 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
+++ b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ void hpfs_set_ea(struct inode *, struct fnode *, const char *,
 
 /* file.c */
 
-int hpfs_file_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+int hpfs_file_fsync(struct file *, int);
 extern const struct file_operations hpfs_file_ops;
 extern const struct inode_operations hpfs_file_iops;
 extern const struct address_space_operations hpfs_aops;
diff --git a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
index 2e4dfa8..826c3f9 100644
--- a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
+++ b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static int hppfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *ent, filldir_t filldir)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int hppfs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+static int hppfs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/file.c b/fs/jffs2/file.c
index e7291c1..8134970 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/file.c
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ static int jffs2_write_begin(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata);
 static int jffs2_readpage (struct file *filp, struct page *pg);
 
-int jffs2_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int jffs2_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
 	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = JFFS2_SB_INFO(inode->i_sb);
 
 	/* Trigger GC to flush any pending writes for this inode */
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
index 035a767..4791aac 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ extern const struct inode_operations jffs2_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations jffs2_file_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations jffs2_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct address_space_operations jffs2_file_address_operations;
-int jffs2_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+int jffs2_fsync(struct file *, int);
 int jffs2_do_readpage_unlock (struct inode *inode, struct page *pg);
 
 /* ioctl.c */
diff --git a/fs/jfs/file.c b/fs/jfs/file.c
index 85d9ec6..127263c 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/file.c
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 #include "jfs_acl.h"
 #include "jfs_debug.h"
 
-int jfs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int jfs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) ||
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
index 9e6bda3..11042b1 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 struct fid;
 
 extern struct inode *ialloc(struct inode *, umode_t);
-extern int jfs_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+extern int jfs_fsync(struct file *, int);
 extern long jfs_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 extern long jfs_compat_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 extern struct inode *jfs_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 232bea4..e57ea58 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct dentry *simple_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct na
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-int simple_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int simple_sync_file(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -851,13 +851,13 @@ struct dentry *generic_fh_to_parent(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fid,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_fh_to_parent);
 
-int simple_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int simple_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
 		.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
 		.nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only; caller takes care of data */
 	};
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	int err;
 	int ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/logfs/file.c b/fs/logfs/file.c
index 0de5240..abe1caf 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/file.c
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ int logfs_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	}
 }
 
-int logfs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int logfs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_inode->i_sb;
+	struct super_block *sb = file->f_mapping->host->i_sb;
 
 	logfs_write_anchor(sb);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/logfs/logfs.h b/fs/logfs/logfs.h
index 1a9db84..c838c4d 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/logfs.h
+++ b/fs/logfs/logfs.h
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ extern const struct address_space_operations logfs_reg_aops;
 int logfs_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page);
 int logfs_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 		unsigned long arg);
-int logfs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync);
+int logfs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync);
 
 /* gc.c */
 u32 get_best_cand(struct super_block *sb, struct candidate_list *list, u32 *ec);
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/file.c b/fs/ncpfs/file.c
index b938708..3639cc5 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/file.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/ncp_fs.h>
 #include "ncplib_kernel.h"
 
-static int ncp_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+static int ncp_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index db64854..782b431 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static int nfs_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 static int nfs_mknod(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int, dev_t);
 static int nfs_rename(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 		      struct inode *, struct dentry *);
-static int nfs_fsync_dir(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+static int nfs_fsync_dir(struct file *, int);
 static loff_t nfs_llseek_dir(struct file *, loff_t, int);
 
 const struct file_operations nfs_dir_operations = {
@@ -641,8 +641,10 @@ out:
  * All directory operations under NFS are synchronous, so fsync()
  * is a dummy operation.
  */
-static int nfs_fsync_dir(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+static int nfs_fsync_dir(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
+	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
+
 	dfprintk(FILE, "NFS: fsync dir(%s/%s) datasync %d\n",
 			dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name,
 			datasync);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index cac96bc..36a5e74 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 static ssize_t nfs_file_write(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
 				unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos);
 static int  nfs_file_flush(struct file *, fl_owner_t id);
-static int  nfs_file_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync);
+static int  nfs_file_fsync(struct file *, int datasync);
 static int nfs_check_flags(int flags);
 static int nfs_lock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl);
 static int nfs_flock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl);
@@ -322,8 +322,9 @@ nfs_file_mmap(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
  * whether any write errors occurred for this process.
  */
 static int
-nfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+nfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct nfs_open_context *ctx = nfs_file_open_context(file);
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/file.c b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
index 30292df..c9a30d7 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "nilfs.h"
 #include "segment.h"
 
-int nilfs_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int nilfs_sync_file(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Called from fsync() system call
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ int nilfs_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 	 * This function should be implemented when the writeback function
 	 * will be implemented.
 	 */
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!nilfs_inode_dirty(inode))
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index 8723e5b..47d6d79 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ extern void nilfs_set_link(struct inode *, struct nilfs_dir_entry *,
 			   struct page *, struct inode *);
 
 /* file.c */
-extern int nilfs_sync_file(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+extern int nilfs_sync_file(struct file *, int);
 
 /* ioctl.c */
 long nilfs_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/dir.c b/fs/ntfs/dir.c
index fe44d3f..0f48e7c 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/dir.c
@@ -1527,10 +1527,9 @@ static int ntfs_dir_open(struct inode *vi, struct file *filp)
  * this problem for now.  We do write the $BITMAP attribute if it is present
  * which is the important one for a directory so things are not too bad.
  */
-static int ntfs_dir_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry,
-		int datasync)
+static int ntfs_dir_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *bmp_vi, *vi = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *bmp_vi, *vi = filp->f_mapping->host;
 	int err, ret;
 	ntfs_attr na;
 
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index a1924a0..113ebd9 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -2133,7 +2133,6 @@ static ssize_t ntfs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 /**
  * ntfs_file_fsync - sync a file to disk
  * @filp:	file to be synced
- * @dentry:	dentry describing the file to sync
  * @datasync:	if non-zero only flush user data and not metadata
  *
  * Data integrity sync of a file to disk.  Used for fsync, fdatasync, and msync
@@ -2149,19 +2148,15 @@ static ssize_t ntfs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
  * Also, if @datasync is true, we do not wait on the inode to be written out
  * but we always wait on the page cache pages to be written out.
  *
- * Note: In the past @filp could be NULL so we ignore it as we don't need it
- * anyway.
- *
  * Locking: Caller must hold i_mutex on the inode.
  *
  * TODO: We should probably also write all attribute/index inodes associated
  * with this inode but since we have no simple way of getting to them we ignore
  * this problem for now.
  */
-static int ntfs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry,
-		int datasync)
+static int ntfs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *vi = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *vi = filp->f_mapping->host;
 	int err, ret = 0;
 
 	ntfs_debug("Entering for inode 0x%lx.", vi->i_ino);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 97e54b9..1c6220a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -175,13 +175,12 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_sync_file(struct file *file,
-			   struct dentry *dentry,
-			   int datasync)
+static int ocfs2_sync_file(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 	journal_t *journal;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
 	mlog_entry("(0x%p, 0x%p, %d, '%.*s')\n", file, dentry, datasync,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/dir.c b/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
index 4455fbe..198dabf 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 extern const struct reiserfs_key MIN_KEY;
 
 static int reiserfs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
-static int reiserfs_dir_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry,
-			      int datasync);
+static int reiserfs_dir_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync);
 
 const struct file_operations reiserfs_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
@@ -28,10 +27,9 @@ const struct file_operations reiserfs_dir_operations = {
 #endif
 };
 
-static int reiserfs_dir_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry,
-			      int datasync)
+static int reiserfs_dir_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
 	int err;
 	reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
 	err = reiserfs_commit_for_inode(inode);
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index 9977df9..b82cdd8 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -134,10 +134,9 @@ static void reiserfs_vfs_truncate_file(struct inode *inode)
  * be removed...
  */
 
-static int reiserfs_sync_file(struct file *filp,
-			      struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+static int reiserfs_sync_file(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
 	int err;
 	int barrier_done;
 
diff --git a/fs/smbfs/file.c b/fs/smbfs/file.c
index 84ecf0e..8e187a0 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/file.c
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
 #include "proto.h"
 
 static int
-smb_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry * dentry, int datasync)
+smb_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct smb_sb_info *server = server_from_dentry(dentry);
 	int result;
 
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index e8cbd41..c9f83f4 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -130,12 +130,10 @@ void emergency_sync(void)
 
 /*
  * Generic function to fsync a file.
- *
- * filp may be NULL if called via the msync of a vma.
  */
-int file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
 	struct super_block * sb;
 	int ret, err;
 
@@ -183,7 +181,7 @@ int vfs_fsync_range(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	 * livelocks in fsync_buffers_list().
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&mapping->host->i_mutex);
-	err = file->f_op->fsync(file, file->f_path.dentry, datasync);
+	err = file->f_op->fsync(file, datasync);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = err;
 	mutex_unlock(&mapping->host->i_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index 5692cf7..c726da6 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -1304,9 +1304,9 @@ static void *ubifs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-int ubifs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int ubifs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	struct ubifs_info *c = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index bd2542d..b090453 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ const struct ubifs_lprops *ubifs_fast_find_frdi_idx(struct ubifs_info *c);
 int ubifs_calc_dark(const struct ubifs_info *c, int spc);
 
 /* file.c */
-int ubifs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync);
+int ubifs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync);
 int ubifs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 
 /* dir.c */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
index d8fb1b5..257a56b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ xfs_iozero(
 STATIC int
 xfs_file_fsync(
 	struct file		*file,
-	struct dentry		*dentry,
 	int			datasync)
 {
-	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(dentry->d_inode);
+	struct inode		*inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
 	int			error = 0;
 	int			log_flushed = 0;
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
 	 * might gets cleared when the inode gets written out via the AIL
 	 * or xfs_iflush_cluster.
 	 */
-	if (((dentry->d_inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC) ||
-	    ((dentry->d_inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_SYNC) && !datasync)) &&
+	if (((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC) ||
+	    ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_SYNC) && !datasync)) &&
 	    ip->i_update_core) {
 		/*
 		 * Kick off a transaction to log the inode core to get the
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ write_retry:
 			mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 		xfs_ilock(ip, iolock);
 
-		error2 = -xfs_file_fsync(file, file->f_path.dentry,
+		error2 = -xfs_file_fsync(file,
 					 (file->f_flags & __O_SYNC) ? 0 : 1);
 		if (!error)
 			error = error2;
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index 16ed028..05e5f599 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 void block_sync_page(struct page *);
 sector_t generic_block_bmap(struct address_space *, sector_t, get_block_t *);
 int block_truncate_page(struct address_space *, loff_t, get_block_t *);
-int file_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+int file_fsync(struct file *, int);
 int nobh_write_begin(struct file *, struct address_space *,
 				loff_t, unsigned, unsigned,
 				struct page **, void **, get_block_t*);
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index 5f494b4..7fc62d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ extern int ext3_htree_store_dirent(struct file *dir_file, __u32 hash,
 extern void ext3_htree_free_dir_info(struct dir_private_info *p);
 
 /* fsync.c */
-extern int ext3_sync_file (struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+extern int ext3_sync_file(struct file *, int);
 
 /* hash.c */
 extern int ext3fs_dirhash(const char *name, int len, struct
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index f3793eb..907ace3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
 
-struct dentry;
-
 /* Definitions of frame buffers						*/
 
 #define FB_MAX			32	/* sufficient for now */
@@ -1017,8 +1015,7 @@ extern void fb_deferred_io_open(struct fb_info *info,
 				struct inode *inode,
 				struct file *file);
 extern void fb_deferred_io_cleanup(struct fb_info *info);
-extern int fb_deferred_io_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry,
-				int datasync);
+extern int fb_deferred_io_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync);
 
 static inline bool fb_be_math(struct fb_info *info)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3d9ed83..eb39e5eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ struct file_operations {
 	int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *);
 	int (*flush) (struct file *, fl_owner_t id);
 	int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *);
-	int (*fsync) (struct file *, struct dentry *, int datasync);
+	int (*fsync) (struct file *, int datasync);
 	int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync);
 	int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int);
 	int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ extern int generic_segment_checks(const struct iovec *iov,
 /* fs/block_dev.c */
 extern ssize_t blkdev_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 				unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos);
-extern int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync);
+extern int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync);
 
 /* fs/splice.c */
 extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *, loff_t *,
@@ -2348,7 +2348,7 @@ extern int simple_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 extern int simple_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 extern int simple_rmdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 extern int simple_rename(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *);
-extern int simple_sync_file(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+extern int simple_sync_file(struct file *, int);
 extern int simple_empty(struct dentry *);
 extern int simple_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page);
 extern int simple_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
@@ -2373,7 +2373,7 @@ extern ssize_t simple_read_from_buffer(void __user *to, size_t count,
 extern ssize_t simple_write_to_buffer(void *to, size_t available, loff_t *ppos,
 		const void __user *from, size_t count);
 
-extern int simple_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+extern int simple_fsync(struct file *, int);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
 extern int buffer_migrate_page(struct address_space *,
diff --git a/include/trace/events/ext4.h b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
index 5d60ad4..f5b1ba9 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/ext4.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
@@ -606,9 +606,9 @@ TRACE_EVENT(ext4_free_blocks,
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(ext4_sync_file,
-	TP_PROTO(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync),
+	TP_PROTO(struct file *file, int datasync),
 
-	TP_ARGS(file, dentry, datasync),
+	TP_ARGS(file, datasync),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(	dev_t,	dev			)
@@ -618,6 +618,8 @@ TRACE_EVENT(ext4_sync_file,
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
+		struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+
 		__entry->dev		= dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_dev;
 		__entry->ino		= dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
 		__entry->datasync	= datasync;
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 1a314c8..52ed77e 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -273,16 +273,13 @@ static int shm_release(struct inode *ino, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int shm_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+static int shm_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	int (*fsync) (struct file *, struct dentry *, int datasync);
 	struct shm_file_data *sfd = shm_file_data(file);
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	fsync = sfd->file->f_op->fsync;
-	if (fsync)
-		ret = fsync(sfd->file, sfd->file->f_path.dentry, datasync);
-	return ret;
+	if (!sfd->file->f_op->fsync)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return sfd->file->f_op->fsync(sfd->file, datasync);
 }
 
 static unsigned long shm_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,