diff --git a/fs/minix/file.c b/fs/minix/file.c
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+/*
+ *  linux/fs/minix/file.c
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
+ *
+ *  minix regular file handling primitives
+ */
+
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h>		/* for fsync_inode_buffers() */
+#include "minix.h"
+
+/*
+ * We have mostly NULLs here: the current defaults are OK for
+ * the minix filesystem.
+ */
+int minix_sync_file(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+
+struct file_operations minix_file_operations = {
+	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
+	.read		= generic_file_read,
+	.write		= generic_file_write,
+	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
+	.fsync		= minix_sync_file,
+	.sendfile	= generic_file_sendfile,
+};
+
+struct inode_operations minix_file_inode_operations = {
+	.truncate	= minix_truncate,
+	.getattr	= minix_getattr,
+};
+
+int minix_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	int err;
+
+	err = sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping);
+	if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
+		return err;
+	if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))
+		return err;
+	
+	err |= minix_sync_inode(inode);
+	return err ? -EIO : 0;
+}