diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 762bd50..d8b1087 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 
 	/* io prio of this group */
 	unsigned short ioprio, org_ioprio;
-	unsigned short ioprio_class, org_ioprio_class;
+	unsigned short ioprio_class;
 
 	pid_t pid;
 
@@ -2869,7 +2869,6 @@
 	 * elevate the priority of this queue
 	 */
 	cfqq->org_ioprio = cfqq->ioprio;
-	cfqq->org_ioprio_class = cfqq->ioprio_class;
 	cfq_clear_cfqq_prio_changed(cfqq);
 }
 
@@ -3593,30 +3592,6 @@
 		cfq_schedule_dispatch(cfqd);
 }
 
-/*
- * we temporarily boost lower priority queues if they are holding fs exclusive
- * resources. they are boosted to normal prio (CLASS_BE/4)
- */
-static void cfq_prio_boost(struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
-{
-	if (has_fs_excl()) {
-		/*
-		 * boost idle prio on transactions that would lock out other
-		 * users of the filesystem
-		 */
-		if (cfq_class_idle(cfqq))
-			cfqq->ioprio_class = IOPRIO_CLASS_BE;
-		if (cfqq->ioprio > IOPRIO_NORM)
-			cfqq->ioprio = IOPRIO_NORM;
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * unboost the queue (if needed)
-		 */
-		cfqq->ioprio_class = cfqq->org_ioprio_class;
-		cfqq->ioprio = cfqq->org_ioprio;
-	}
-}
-
 static inline int __cfq_may_queue(struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
 {
 	if (cfq_cfqq_wait_request(cfqq) && !cfq_cfqq_must_alloc_slice(cfqq)) {
@@ -3647,7 +3622,6 @@
 	cfqq = cic_to_cfqq(cic, rw_is_sync(rw));
 	if (cfqq) {
 		cfq_init_prio_data(cfqq, cic->ioc);
-		cfq_prio_boost(cfqq);
 
 		return __cfq_may_queue(cfqq);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index c5e82ec..a159ba5 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -678,23 +678,19 @@
 static void write_chunk(struct buffer_chunk *chunk)
 {
 	int i;
-	get_fs_excl();
 	for (i = 0; i < chunk->nr; i++) {
 		submit_logged_buffer(chunk->bh[i]);
 	}
 	chunk->nr = 0;
-	put_fs_excl();
 }
 
 static void write_ordered_chunk(struct buffer_chunk *chunk)
 {
 	int i;
-	get_fs_excl();
 	for (i = 0; i < chunk->nr; i++) {
 		submit_ordered_buffer(chunk->bh[i]);
 	}
 	chunk->nr = 0;
-	put_fs_excl();
 }
 
 static int add_to_chunk(struct buffer_chunk *chunk, struct buffer_head *bh,
@@ -986,8 +982,6 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	get_fs_excl();
-
 	/* before we can put our commit blocks on disk, we have to make sure everyone older than
 	 ** us is on disk too
 	 */
@@ -1145,7 +1139,6 @@
 	if (retval)
 		reiserfs_abort(s, retval, "Journal write error in %s",
 			       __func__);
-	put_fs_excl();
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -1374,8 +1367,6 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	get_fs_excl();
-
 	/* if all the work is already done, get out of here */
 	if (atomic_read(&(jl->j_nonzerolen)) <= 0 &&
 	    atomic_read(&(jl->j_commit_left)) <= 0) {
@@ -1597,7 +1588,6 @@
 	put_journal_list(s, jl);
 	if (flushall)
 		mutex_unlock(&journal->j_flush_mutex);
-	put_fs_excl();
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -3108,7 +3098,6 @@
 	th->t_trans_id = journal->j_trans_id;
 	unlock_journal(sb);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&th->t_list);
-	get_fs_excl();
 	return 0;
 
       out_fail:
@@ -3964,7 +3953,6 @@
 	flush = flags & FLUSH_ALL;
 	wait_on_commit = flags & WAIT;
 
-	put_fs_excl();
 	current->journal_info = th->t_handle_save;
 	reiserfs_check_lock_depth(sb, "journal end");
 	if (journal->j_len == 0) {
@@ -4316,4 +4304,3 @@
 	dump_stack();
 #endif
 }
-
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index ab3d672..cf12ba5 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -245,13 +245,11 @@
  */
 void lock_super(struct super_block * sb)
 {
-	get_fs_excl();
 	mutex_lock(&sb->s_lock);
 }
 
 void unlock_super(struct super_block * sb)
 {
-	put_fs_excl();
 	mutex_unlock(&sb->s_lock);
 }
 
@@ -280,7 +278,6 @@
 	if (sb->s_root) {
 		shrink_dcache_for_umount(sb);
 		sync_filesystem(sb);
-		get_fs_excl();
 		sb->s_flags &= ~MS_ACTIVE;
 
 		fsnotify_unmount_inodes(&sb->s_inodes);
@@ -295,7 +292,6 @@
 			   "Self-destruct in 5 seconds.  Have a nice day...\n",
 			   sb->s_id);
 		}
-		put_fs_excl();
 	}
 	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
 	/* should be initialized for __put_super_and_need_restart() */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6e73e2e..f6c866c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1453,10 +1453,6 @@
 #define vfs_check_frozen(sb, level) \
 	wait_event((sb)->s_wait_unfrozen, ((sb)->s_frozen < (level)))
 
-#define get_fs_excl() atomic_inc(&current->fs_excl)
-#define put_fs_excl() atomic_dec(&current->fs_excl)
-#define has_fs_excl() atomic_read(&current->fs_excl)
-
 /*
  * until VFS tracks user namespaces for inodes, just make all files
  * belong to init_user_ns
diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index 580f70c..d14e058 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@
 	.alloc_lock	= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(tsk.alloc_lock),		\
 	.journal_info	= NULL,						\
 	.cpu_timers	= INIT_CPU_TIMERS(tsk.cpu_timers),		\
-	.fs_excl	= ATOMIC_INIT(0),				\
 	.pi_lock	= __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(tsk.pi_lock),	\
 	.timer_slack_ns = 50000, /* 50 usec default slack */		\
 	.pids = {							\
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index a837b20..22f5424 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1503,7 +1503,6 @@
 	short il_next;
 	short pref_node_fork;
 #endif
-	atomic_t fs_excl;	/* holding fs exclusive resources */
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index f2b321b..b412df4 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -906,7 +906,6 @@
 
 	profile_task_exit(tsk);
 
-	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&tsk->fs_excl));
 	WARN_ON(blk_needs_flush_plug(tsk));
 
 	if (unlikely(in_interrupt()))
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 0276c30..30a0e860 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@
 
 	/* One for us, one for whoever does the "release_task()" (usually parent) */
 	atomic_set(&tsk->usage,2);
-	atomic_set(&tsk->fs_excl, 0);
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
 	tsk->btrace_seq = 0;
 #endif