9 files changed, 54 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h
index 25da0017ec87..21b1117a0c61 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _ALPHA_FCNTL_H
 #define _ALPHA_FCNTL_H
 
-/* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
-   located on an ext2 file system */
 #define O_CREAT		 01000	/* not fcntl */
 #define O_TRUNC		 02000	/* not fcntl */
 #define O_EXCL		 04000	/* not fcntl */
@@ -10,13 +8,28 @@
 
 #define O_NONBLOCK	 00004
 #define O_APPEND	 00010
-#define O_SYNC		040000
+#define O_DSYNC		040000	/* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
 #define O_DIRECTORY	0100000	/* must be a directory */
 #define O_NOFOLLOW	0200000 /* don't follow links */
 #define O_LARGEFILE	0400000 /* will be set by the kernel on every open */
 #define O_DIRECT	02000000 /* direct disk access - should check with OSF/1 */
 #define O_NOATIME	04000000
 #define O_CLOEXEC	010000000 /* set close_on_exec */
+/*
+ * Before Linux 2.6.32 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
+ * the O_SYNC flag.  We continue to use the existing numerical value
+ * for O_DSYNC semantics now, but using the correct symbolic name for it.
+ * This new value is used to request true Posix O_SYNC semantics.  It is
+ * defined in this strange way to make sure applications compiled against
+ * new headers get at least O_DSYNC semantics on older kernels.
+ *
+ * This has the nice side-effect that we can simply test for O_DSYNC
+ * wherever we do not care if O_DSYNC or O_SYNC is used.
+ *
+ * Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
+ */
+#define __O_SYNC	020000000
+#define O_SYNC		(__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
 
 #define F_GETLK		7
 #define F_SETLK		8
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/fcntl.h
index 8727b2b382f1..251c911d59c1 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef _BFIN_FCNTL_H
 #define _BFIN_FCNTL_H
 
-/* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
-   located on an ext2 file system */
 #define O_DIRECTORY	 040000	/* must be a directory */
 #define O_NOFOLLOW	0100000	/* don't follow links */
 #define O_DIRECT	0200000	/* direct disk access hint - currently ignored */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h
index 2a52333a062d..7c6681aa2ab8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 #define O_APPEND	0x0008
-#define O_SYNC		0x0010
+#define O_DSYNC		0x0010	/* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
 #define O_NONBLOCK	0x0080
 #define O_CREAT         0x0100	/* not fcntl */
 #define O_TRUNC		0x0200	/* not fcntl */
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@
 #define O_NOCTTY	0x0800	/* not fcntl */
 #define FASYNC		0x1000	/* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
 #define O_LARGEFILE	0x2000	/* allow large file opens */
+/*
+ * Before Linux 2.6.32 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
+ * the O_SYNC flag.  We continue to use the existing numerical value
+ * for O_DSYNC semantics now, but using the correct symbolic name for it.
+ * This new value is used to request true Posix O_SYNC semantics.  It is
+ * defined in this strange way to make sure applications compiled against
+ * new headers get at least O_DSYNC semantics on older kernels.
+ *
+ * This has the nice side-effect that we can simply test for O_DSYNC
+ * wherever we do not care if O_DSYNC or O_SYNC is used.
+ *
+ * Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
+ */
+#define __O_SYNC	0x4000
+#define O_SYNC		(__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
 #define O_DIRECT	0x8000	/* direct disk access hint */
 
 #define F_GETLK		14
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/kspd.c b/arch/mips/kernel/kspd.c
index ad4e017ed2f3..80e2ba694bab 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/kspd.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/kspd.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static int sp_stopping;
 #define MTSP_O_SHLOCK		0x0010
 #define MTSP_O_EXLOCK		0x0020
 #define MTSP_O_ASYNC		0x0040
+/* XXX: check which of these is actually O_SYNC vs O_DSYNC */
 #define MTSP_O_FSYNC		O_SYNC
 #define MTSP_O_NOFOLLOW		0x0100
 #define MTSP_O_SYNC		0x0080
diff --git a/arch/mips/loongson/common/mem.c b/arch/mips/loongson/common/mem.c
index 7c92f79b6480..e94ef158f980 100644
--- a/arch/mips/loongson/common/mem.c
+++ b/arch/mips/loongson/common/mem.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void __init prom_init_memory(void)
 /* override of arch/mips/mm/cache.c: __uncached_access */
 int __uncached_access(struct file *file, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
+	if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
 		return 1;
 
 	return addr >= __pa(high_memory) ||
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
index 694d51f523d1..102b2dfa542a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void __devinit cpu_cache_init(void)
 
 int __weak __uncached_access(struct file *file, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
+	if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
 		return 1;
 
 	return addr >= __pa(high_memory);
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h
index 1e1c824764ee..f357fc693c89 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 #ifndef _PARISC_FCNTL_H
 #define _PARISC_FCNTL_H
 
-/* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
-   located on an ext2 file system */
 #define O_APPEND	000000010
 #define O_BLKSEEK	000000100 /* HPUX only */
 #define O_CREAT		000000400 /* not fcntl */
 #define O_EXCL		000002000 /* not fcntl */
 #define O_LARGEFILE	000004000
-#define O_SYNC		000100000
+#define __O_SYNC	000100000
+#define O_SYNC		(__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
 #define O_NONBLOCK	000200004 /* HPUX has separate NDELAY & NONBLOCK */
 #define O_NOCTTY	000400000 /* not fcntl */
 #define O_DSYNC		001000000 /* HPUX only */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h
index d4d9c9d852c3..3b9cfb39175e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 #ifndef _SPARC_FCNTL_H
 #define _SPARC_FCNTL_H
 
-/* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
-   located on an ext2 file system */
 #define O_APPEND	0x0008
 #define FASYNC		0x0040	/* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
 #define O_CREAT		0x0200	/* not fcntl */
 #define O_TRUNC		0x0400	/* not fcntl */
 #define O_EXCL		0x0800	/* not fcntl */
-#define O_SYNC		0x2000
+#define O_DSYNC		0x2000	/* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
 #define O_NONBLOCK	0x4000
 #if defined(__sparc__) && defined(__arch64__)
 #define O_NDELAY	0x0004
@@ -20,6 +18,21 @@
 #define O_DIRECT        0x100000 /* direct disk access hint */
 #define O_NOATIME	0x200000
 #define O_CLOEXEC	0x400000
+/*
+ * Before Linux 2.6.32 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
+ * the O_SYNC flag.  We continue to use the existing numerical value
+ * for O_DSYNC semantics now, but using the correct symbolic name for it.
+ * This new value is used to request true Posix O_SYNC semantics.  It is
+ * defined in this strange way to make sure applications compiled against
+ * new headers get at least O_DSYNC semantics on older kernels.
+ *
+ * This has the nice side-effect that we can simply test for O_DSYNC
+ * wherever we do not care if O_DSYNC or O_SYNC is used.
+ *
+ * Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
+ */
+#define __O_SYNC	0x800000
+#define O_SYNC		(__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
 
 #define F_GETOWN	5	/*  for sockets. */
 #define F_SETOWN	6	/*  for sockets. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index 66b55d6e69ed..ae9648eb1c7f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -704,9 +704,8 @@ int phys_mem_access_prot_allowed(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
 	if (!range_is_allowed(pfn, size))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC) {
+	if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
 		flags = _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS;
-	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	/*