static int ext3_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data);
 static int ext3_statfs (struct dentry * dentry, struct kstatfs * buf);
 static int ext3_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb);
-static void ext3_write_super (struct super_block * sb);
 static int ext3_freeze(struct super_block *sb);
 
 /*
        .dirty_inode    = ext3_dirty_inode,
        .delete_inode   = ext3_delete_inode,
        .put_super      = ext3_put_super,
-       .write_super    = ext3_write_super,
        .sync_fs        = ext3_sync_fs,
        .freeze_fs      = ext3_freeze,
        .unfreeze_fs    = ext3_unfreeze,
 #else
                es->s_flags |= cpu_to_le32(EXT2_FLAGS_SIGNED_HASH);
 #endif
-               sb->s_dirt = 1;
        }
 
        if (sbi->s_blocks_per_group > blocksize * 8) {
        if (journal_devnum &&
            journal_devnum != le32_to_cpu(es->s_journal_dev)) {
                es->s_journal_dev = cpu_to_le32(journal_devnum);
-               sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
                /* Make sure we flush the recovery flag to disk. */
                ext3_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
        EXT3_SET_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_HAS_JOURNAL);
 
        es->s_journal_inum = cpu_to_le32(journal_inum);
-       sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
        /* Make sure we flush the recovery flag to disk. */
        ext3_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
        if (EXT3_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER) &&
            sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
                EXT3_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
-               sb->s_dirt = 0;
                ext3_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
        }
        unlock_super(sb);
                return 0;
 
        journal = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal;
-       sb->s_dirt = 0;
        ret = ext3_journal_force_commit(journal);
        return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * Ext3 always journals updates to the superblock itself, so we don't
- * have to propagate any other updates to the superblock on disk at this
- * point.  (We can probably nuke this function altogether, and remove
- * any mention to sb->s_dirt in all of fs/ext3; eventual cleanup...)
- */
-static void ext3_write_super (struct super_block * sb)
-{
-       if (mutex_trylock(&sb->s_lock) != 0)
-               BUG();
-       sb->s_dirt = 0;
-}
-
 static int ext3_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
        tid_t target;
 
-       sb->s_dirt = 0;
        if (journal_start_commit(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, &target)) {
                if (wait)
                        log_wait_commit(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, target);
 {
        int error = 0;
        journal_t *journal;
-       sb->s_dirt = 0;
 
        if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
                journal = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal;