3 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 3b3cad3..13e83c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ prototypes:
 	int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *);
 	int (*flush) (struct file *);
 	int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *);
-	int (*fsync) (struct file *, int datasync);
+	int (*fsync) (struct file *, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync);
 	int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync);
 	int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int);
 	int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
@@ -441,9 +441,7 @@ prototypes:
 
 locking rules:
 	All may block except for ->setlease.
-	No VFS locks held on entry except for ->fsync and ->setlease.
-
-->fsync() has i_mutex on inode.
+	No VFS locks held on entry except for ->setlease.
 
 ->setlease has the file_list_lock held and must not sleep.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index 6e29954..8ffe90f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -400,10 +400,15 @@ a file off.
 
 --
 [mandatory]
-
---
-[mandatory]
 	->get_sb() is gone.  Switch to use of ->mount().  Typically it's just
 a matter of switching from calling get_sb_... to mount_... and changing the
 function type.  If you were doing it manually, just switch from setting ->mnt_root
 to some pointer to returning that pointer.  On errors return ERR_PTR(...).
+
+--
+[mandatory]
+	If you have your own ->fsync() you must make sure to call
+filemap_write_and_wait_range() so that all dirty pages are synced out properly.
+You must also keep in mind that ->fsync() is not called with i_mutex held
+anymore, so if you require i_mutex locking you must make sure to take it and
+release it yourself.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 227b0f1..a87d4f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ struct file_operations {
 	int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *);
 	int (*flush) (struct file *);
 	int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *);
-	int (*fsync) (struct file *, int datasync);
+	int (*fsync) (struct file *, loff_t, loff_t, int datasync);
 	int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync);
 	int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int);
 	int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);