fs: remove mapping->backing_dev_info

Now that we never use the backing_dev_info pointer in struct address_space
we can simply remove it and save 4 to 8 bytes in every inode.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>

27 files changed, 6 insertions, 83 deletions

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 6f13d3fab07f..3bf8b1d250c3 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ static struct file *aio_private_file(struct kioctx *ctx, loff_t nr_pages)
 
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &aio_ctx_aops;
 	inode->i_mapping->private_data = ctx;
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &noop_backing_dev_info;
 	inode->i_size = PAGE_SIZE * nr_pages;
 
 	path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(aio_mnt->mnt_sb, &this);
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 026ca7b8431c..a9f92794d7a0 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -60,19 +60,6 @@ static void bdev_write_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }
 
-/*
- * Move the inode from its current bdi to a new bdi.  Make sure the inode
- * is clean before moving so that it doesn't linger on the old bdi.
- */
-static void bdev_inode_switch_bdi(struct inode *inode,
-			struct backing_dev_info *dst)
-{
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY);
-	inode->i_data.backing_dev_info = dst;
-	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-}
-
 /* Kill _all_ buffers and pagecache , dirty or not.. */
 void kill_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
@@ -589,7 +576,6 @@ struct block_device *bdget(dev_t dev)
 		inode->i_bdev = bdev;
 		inode->i_data.a_ops = &def_blk_aops;
 		mapping_set_gfp_mask(&inode->i_data, GFP_USER);
-		inode->i_data.backing_dev_info = &default_backing_dev_info;
 		spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
 		list_add(&bdev->bd_list, &all_bdevs);
 		spin_unlock(&bdev_lock);
@@ -1150,8 +1136,6 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 		bdev->bd_queue = disk->queue;
 		bdev->bd_contains = bdev;
 		if (!partno) {
-			struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
-
 			ret = -ENXIO;
 			bdev->bd_part = disk_get_part(disk, partno);
 			if (!bdev->bd_part)
@@ -1177,11 +1161,8 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 				}
 			}
 
-			if (!ret) {
+			if (!ret)
 				bd_set_size(bdev,(loff_t)get_capacity(disk)<<9);
-				bdi = blk_get_backing_dev_info(bdev);
-				bdev_inode_switch_bdi(bdev->bd_inode, bdi);
-			}
 
 			/*
 			 * If the device is invalidated, rescan partition
@@ -1208,8 +1189,6 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 			if (ret)
 				goto out_clear;
 			bdev->bd_contains = whole;
-			bdev_inode_switch_bdi(bdev->bd_inode,
-				whole->bd_inode->i_data.backing_dev_info);
 			bdev->bd_part = disk_get_part(disk, partno);
 			if (!(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP) ||
 			    !bdev->bd_part || !bdev->bd_part->nr_sects) {
@@ -1249,7 +1228,6 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 	bdev->bd_disk = NULL;
 	bdev->bd_part = NULL;
 	bdev->bd_queue = NULL;
-	bdev_inode_switch_bdi(bdev->bd_inode, &default_backing_dev_info);
 	if (bdev != bdev->bd_contains)
 		__blkdev_put(bdev->bd_contains, mode, 1);
 	bdev->bd_contains = NULL;
@@ -1474,8 +1452,6 @@ static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 		 * dirty data before.
 		 */
 		bdev_write_inode(bdev->bd_inode);
-		bdev_inode_switch_bdi(bdev->bd_inode,
-					&default_backing_dev_info);
 	}
 	if (bdev->bd_contains == bdev) {
 		if (disk->fops->release)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index afc4092989cd..1ec872e3a926 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2318,7 +2318,6 @@ int open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	 */
 	fs_info->btree_inode->i_size = OFFSET_MAX;
 	fs_info->btree_inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &btree_aops;
-	fs_info->btree_inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &fs_info->bdi;
 
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&BTRFS_I(fs_info->btree_inode)->rb_node);
 	extent_io_tree_init(&BTRFS_I(fs_info->btree_inode)->io_tree,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 8bf326affb94..54bcf639d1cf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3608,7 +3608,6 @@ cache_acl:
 	switch (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
 	case S_IFREG:
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &btrfs_aops;
-		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &root->fs_info->bdi;
 		BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree.ops = &btrfs_extent_io_ops;
 		inode->i_fop = &btrfs_file_operations;
 		inode->i_op = &btrfs_file_inode_operations;
@@ -3623,7 +3622,6 @@ cache_acl:
 	case S_IFLNK:
 		inode->i_op = &btrfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &btrfs_symlink_aops;
-		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &root->fs_info->bdi;
 		break;
 	default:
 		inode->i_op = &btrfs_special_inode_operations;
@@ -6088,7 +6086,6 @@ static int btrfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	inode->i_fop = &btrfs_file_operations;
 	inode->i_op = &btrfs_file_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &btrfs_aops;
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &root->fs_info->bdi;
 
 	err = btrfs_init_inode_security(trans, inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
 	if (err)
@@ -9203,7 +9200,6 @@ static int btrfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	inode->i_fop = &btrfs_file_operations;
 	inode->i_op = &btrfs_file_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &btrfs_aops;
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &root->fs_info->bdi;
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree.ops = &btrfs_extent_io_ops;
 
 	err = btrfs_init_inode_security(trans, inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
@@ -9247,7 +9243,6 @@ static int btrfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	inode->i_op = &btrfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &btrfs_symlink_aops;
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &root->fs_info->bdi;
 	inode_set_bytes(inode, name_len);
 	btrfs_i_size_write(inode, name_len);
 	err = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
@@ -9459,7 +9454,6 @@ static int btrfs_tmpfile(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	inode->i_op = &btrfs_file_inode_operations;
 
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &btrfs_aops;
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &root->fs_info->bdi;
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree.ops = &btrfs_extent_io_ops;
 
 	ret = btrfs_init_inode_security(trans, inode, dir, NULL);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index f61a74115beb..6b5173605154 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -783,8 +783,6 @@ static int fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct page *locked_page,
 	}
 
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ceph_aops;
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info =
-		&ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->backing_dev_info;
 
 	switch (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
 	case S_IFIFO:
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 0c3ce464cae4..2d4f37235ed0 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -937,8 +937,6 @@ retry_iget5_locked:
 			inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
 		if (inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
 			inode->i_ino = hash;
-			if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
-				inode->i_data.backing_dev_info = sb->s_bdi;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_FSCACHE
 			/* initialize per-inode cache cookie pointer */
 			CIFS_I(inode)->fscache = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index 0ad6b4d6de00..65af86147154 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ struct inode *configfs_new_inode(umode_t mode, struct configfs_dirent *sd,
 	if (inode) {
 		inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &configfs_aops;
-		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &noop_backing_dev_info;
 		inode->i_op = &configfs_inode_operations;
 
 		if (sd->s_iattr) {
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 1686dc2da9fd..34b36a504059 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_inode_set(struct inode *inode, void *opaque)
 	inode->i_ino = lower_inode->i_ino;
 	inode->i_version++;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ecryptfs_aops;
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = inode->i_sb->s_bdi;
 
 	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
 		inode->i_op = &ecryptfs_symlink_iops;
diff --git a/fs/exofs/inode.c b/fs/exofs/inode.c
index f1d3d4eb8c4f..6fc91df99ff8 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c
@@ -1214,7 +1214,6 @@ struct inode *exofs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		memcpy(oi->i_data, fcb.i_data, sizeof(fcb.i_data));
 	}
 
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = sb->s_bdi;
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 		inode->i_op = &exofs_file_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &exofs_file_operations;
@@ -1314,7 +1313,6 @@ struct inode *exofs_new_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 
 	set_obj_2bcreated(oi);
 
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = sb->s_bdi;
 	inode_init_owner(inode, dir, mode);
 	inode->i_ino = sbi->s_nextid++;
 	inode->i_blkbits = EXOFS_BLKSHIFT;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index f38256e4476e..e8799c11424b 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ struct inode *fuse_iget(struct super_block *sb, u64 nodeid,
 		if (!fc->writeback_cache || !S_ISREG(attr->mode))
 			inode->i_flags |= S_NOCMTIME;
 		inode->i_generation = generation;
-		inode->i_data.backing_dev_info = &fc->bdi;
 		fuse_init_inode(inode, attr);
 		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	} else if ((inode->i_mode ^ attr->mode) & S_IFMT) {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
index a23524aa3eac..08ea717981f7 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
@@ -775,7 +775,6 @@ int gfs2_glock_get(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u64 number,
 		mapping->flags = 0;
 		mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_NOFS);
 		mapping->private_data = NULL;
-		mapping->backing_dev_info = s->s_bdi;
 		mapping->writeback_index = 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index 8633ad328ee2..efc8e254787c 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ static struct gfs2_sbd *init_sbd(struct super_block *sb)
 	mapping->flags = 0;
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_NOFS);
 	mapping->private_data = NULL;
-	mapping->backing_dev_info = sb->s_bdi;
 	mapping->writeback_index = 0;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&sdp->sd_log_lock);
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index de7c95c7d840..c274aca8e8dc 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ static struct inode *hugetlbfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 		lockdep_set_class(&inode->i_mapping->i_mmap_rwsem,
 				&hugetlbfs_i_mmap_rwsem_key);
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &hugetlbfs_aops;
-		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &noop_backing_dev_info;
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		inode->i_mapping->private_data = resv_map;
 		info = HUGETLBFS_I(inode);
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index aa149e7262ac..e4e8caa7464c 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -170,20 +170,7 @@ int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 	atomic_set(&mapping->i_mmap_writable, 0);
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE);
 	mapping->private_data = NULL;
-	mapping->backing_dev_info = &default_backing_dev_info;
 	mapping->writeback_index = 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * If the block_device provides a backing_dev_info for client
-	 * inodes then use that.  Otherwise the inode share the bdev's
-	 * backing_dev_info.
-	 */
-	if (sb->s_bdev) {
-		struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
-
-		bdi = sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;
-		mapping->backing_dev_info = bdi;
-	}
 	inode->i_private = NULL;
 	inode->i_mapping = mapping;
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);	/* buggered by rcu freeing */
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
index 06f06887b2d2..9000874a945b 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ static void kernfs_init_inode(struct kernfs_node *kn, struct inode *inode)
 	kernfs_get(kn);
 	inode->i_private = kn;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &kernfs_aops;
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &noop_backing_dev_info;
 	inode->i_op = &kernfs_iops;
 
 	set_default_inode_attr(inode, kn->mode);
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
index a699a3fc62c0..01a9e16e9782 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ ncp_iget(struct super_block *sb, struct ncp_entry_info *info)
 	if (inode) {
 		atomic_set(&NCP_FINFO(inode)->opened, info->opened);
 
-		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = sb->s_bdi;
 		inode->i_ino = info->ino;
 		ncp_set_attr(inode, info);
 		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 4bffe637ea32..24aac72420f4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -387,7 +387,6 @@ nfs_fhget(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *fh, struct nfs_fattr *fattr, st
 		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 			inode->i_fop = NFS_SB(sb)->nfs_client->rpc_ops->file_ops;
 			inode->i_data.a_ops = &nfs_file_aops;
-			inode->i_data.backing_dev_info = &NFS_SB(sb)->backing_dev_info;
 		} else if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 			inode->i_op = NFS_SB(sb)->nfs_client->rpc_ops->dir_inode_ops;
 			inode->i_fop = &nfs_dir_operations;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
index 57ceaf33d177..748ca238915a 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ int nilfs_init_gcinode(struct inode *inode)
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG;
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_NOFS);
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &empty_aops;
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = inode->i_sb->s_bdi;
 
 	ii->i_flags = 0;
 	nilfs_bmap_init_gc(ii->i_bmap);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
index c4dcd1db57ee..892cf5ffdb8e 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@ int nilfs_mdt_init(struct inode *inode, gfp_t gfp_mask, size_t objsz)
 
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG;
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, gfp_mask);
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = inode->i_sb->s_bdi;
 
 	inode->i_op = &def_mdt_iops;
 	inode->i_fop = &def_mdt_fops;
@@ -457,13 +456,12 @@ int nilfs_mdt_setup_shadow_map(struct inode *inode,
 			       struct nilfs_shadow_map *shadow)
 {
 	struct nilfs_mdt_info *mi = NILFS_MDT(inode);
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode->i_sb->s_bdi;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&shadow->frozen_buffers);
 	address_space_init_once(&shadow->frozen_data);
-	nilfs_mapping_init(&shadow->frozen_data, inode, bdi);
+	nilfs_mapping_init(&shadow->frozen_data, inode);
 	address_space_init_once(&shadow->frozen_btnodes);
-	nilfs_mapping_init(&shadow->frozen_btnodes, inode, bdi);
+	nilfs_mapping_init(&shadow->frozen_btnodes, inode);
 	mi->mi_shadow = shadow;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/page.c b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
index da276640f776..700ecbcca55d 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/page.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
@@ -461,14 +461,12 @@ unsigned nilfs_page_count_clean_buffers(struct page *page,
 	return nc;
 }
 
-void nilfs_mapping_init(struct address_space *mapping, struct inode *inode,
-			struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+void nilfs_mapping_init(struct address_space *mapping, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	mapping->host = inode;
 	mapping->flags = 0;
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_NOFS);
 	mapping->private_data = NULL;
-	mapping->backing_dev_info = bdi;
 	mapping->a_ops = &empty_aops;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/page.h b/fs/nilfs2/page.h
index ef30c5c2426f..a43b8287d012 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/page.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/page.h
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ int nilfs_copy_dirty_pages(struct address_space *, struct address_space *);
 void nilfs_copy_back_pages(struct address_space *, struct address_space *);
 void nilfs_clear_dirty_page(struct page *, bool);
 void nilfs_clear_dirty_pages(struct address_space *, bool);
-void nilfs_mapping_init(struct address_space *mapping, struct inode *inode,
-			struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
+void nilfs_mapping_init(struct address_space *mapping, struct inode *inode);
 unsigned nilfs_page_count_clean_buffers(struct page *, unsigned, unsigned);
 unsigned long nilfs_find_uncommitted_extent(struct inode *inode,
 					    sector_t start_blk,
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 3d4bbac36bea..5bc2a1cf73c3 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ struct inode *nilfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	ii->i_state = 0;
 	ii->i_cno = 0;
 	ii->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
-	nilfs_mapping_init(&ii->i_btnode_cache, &ii->vfs_inode, sb->s_bdi);
+	nilfs_mapping_init(&ii->i_btnode_cache, &ii->vfs_inode);
 	return &ii->vfs_inode;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index 6000d3029b26..061ba6a91bf2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ static struct inode *dlmfs_get_root_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (inode) {
 		inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 		inode_init_owner(inode, NULL, mode);
-		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &noop_backing_dev_info;
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		inc_nlink(inode);
 
@@ -422,7 +421,6 @@ static struct inode *dlmfs_get_inode(struct inode *parent,
 
 	inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 	inode_init_owner(inode, parent, mode);
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &noop_backing_dev_info;
 	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
 	ip = DLMFS_I(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index ad4d712002f4..889d558b4e05 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ struct inode *ramfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 		inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 		inode_init_owner(inode, dir, mode);
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ramfs_aops;
-		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &noop_backing_dev_info;
 		mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER);
 		mapping_set_unevictable(inode->i_mapping);
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
diff --git a/fs/romfs/super.c b/fs/romfs/super.c
index e98dd88197d5..268733cda397 100644
--- a/fs/romfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/romfs/super.c
@@ -355,9 +355,6 @@ static struct inode *romfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long pos)
 	case ROMFH_REG:
 		i->i_fop = &romfs_ro_fops;
 		i->i_data.a_ops = &romfs_aops;
-		if (i->i_sb->s_mtd)
-			i->i_data.backing_dev_info =
-				i->i_sb->s_mtd->backing_dev_info;
 		if (nextfh & ROMFH_EXEC)
 			mode |= S_IXUGO;
 		break;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index ea41649e4ca5..c49b1981ac95 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ struct inode *ubifs_new_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *dir,
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime =
 			 ubifs_current_time(inode);
 	inode->i_mapping->nrpages = 0;
-	/* Disable readahead */
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &c->bdi;
 
 	switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
 	case S_IFREG:
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index ed93dc6ae245..6197154f36ca 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -156,9 +156,6 @@ struct inode *ubifs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long inum)
 	if (err)
 		goto out_invalid;
 
-	/* Disable read-ahead */
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &c->bdi;
-
 	switch (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
 	case S_IFREG:
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ubifs_file_address_operations;