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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index d30fb2cb5066..da320bc08b9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ prototypes:
int (*mkdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t);
int (*rmdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
int (*mknod) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t,dev_t);
- int (*rename) (struct inode *, struct dentry *,
- struct inode *, struct dentry *);
int (*rename2) (struct inode *, struct dentry *,
struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int);
int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
@@ -83,7 +81,6 @@ symlink: yes
mkdir: yes
unlink: yes (both)
rmdir: yes (both) (see below)
-rename: yes (all) (see below)
rename2: yes (all) (see below)
readlink: no
get_link: no
@@ -102,8 +99,7 @@ tmpfile: no
Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_mutex on
victim.
- cross-directory ->rename() and rename2() has (per-superblock)
-->s_vfs_rename_sem.
+ cross-directory ->rename2() has (per-superblock) ->s_vfs_rename_sem.
See Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking for more detailed discussion
of the locking scheme for directory operations.