diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index fa2db08..4006483 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -471,3 +471,12 @@
 [mandatory]
 	f_dentry is gone; use f_path.dentry, or, better yet, see if you can avoid
 	it entirely.
+--
+[mandatory]
+	never call ->read() and ->write() directly; use __vfs_{read,write} or
+	wrappers; instead of checking for ->write or ->read being NULL, look for
+	FMODE_CAN_{WRITE,READ} in file->f_mode.
+--
+[mandatory]
+	do _not_ use new_sync_{read,write} for ->read/->write; leave it NULL
+	instead.
diff --git a/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c b/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
index df7d8cb..3f5c799 100644
--- a/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
@@ -437,8 +437,6 @@
 static const struct file_operations hypfs_file_ops = {
 	.open		= hypfs_open,
 	.release	= hypfs_release,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= hypfs_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= hypfs_write_iter,
 	.llseek		= no_llseek,
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 9c4fd7a..ad084004 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -764,7 +764,6 @@
 
 static const struct file_operations zero_fops = {
 	.llseek		= zero_lseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.write		= write_zero,
 	.read_iter	= read_iter_zero,
 	.aio_write	= aio_write_zero,
@@ -776,7 +775,6 @@
 
 static const struct file_operations full_fops = {
 	.llseek		= full_lseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= read_iter_zero,
 	.write		= write_full,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
index 6e29bf2..5fc291c6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -282,9 +282,7 @@
 #endif
 
 static const struct file_operations raw_fops = {
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= blkdev_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= blkdev_write_iter,
 	.fsync		= blkdev_fsync,
 	.open		= raw_open,
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index 8362aef..9c91ff8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -1118,8 +1118,6 @@
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.open		= macvtap_open,
 	.release	= macvtap_release,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= macvtap_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= macvtap_write_iter,
 	.poll		= macvtap_poll,
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index b96b94c..e470ae5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -2223,8 +2223,6 @@
 static const struct file_operations tun_fops = {
 	.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	.llseek = no_llseek,
-	.read  = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter  = tun_chr_read_iter,
 	.write_iter = tun_chr_write_iter,
 	.poll	= tun_chr_poll,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
index 5ebee6c..d73111e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
@@ -3128,9 +3128,7 @@
 
 /* -o localflock - only provides locally consistent flock locks */
 struct file_operations ll_file_operations = {
-	.read	   = new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter = ll_file_read_iter,
-	.write	  = new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter = ll_file_write_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ll_file_ioctl,
 	.open	   = ll_file_open,
@@ -3143,9 +3141,7 @@
 };
 
 struct file_operations ll_file_operations_flock = {
-	.read	   = new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter    = ll_file_read_iter,
-	.write	  = new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter   = ll_file_write_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ll_file_ioctl,
 	.open	   = ll_file_open,
@@ -3161,9 +3157,7 @@
 
 /* These are for -o noflock - to return ENOSYS on flock calls */
 struct file_operations ll_file_operations_noflock = {
-	.read	   = new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter    = ll_file_read_iter,
-	.write	  = new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter   = ll_file_write_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ll_file_ioctl,
 	.open	   = ll_file_open,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
index a12315a78..6bdb570 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
@@ -1061,8 +1061,6 @@
 	.llseek =	no_llseek,
 
 	.open =		ffs_epfile_open,
-	.write =	new_sync_write,
-	.read =		new_sync_read,
 	.write_iter =	ffs_epfile_write_iter,
 	.read_iter =	ffs_epfile_read_iter,
 	.release =	ffs_epfile_release,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
index 662ef2c..6af58c6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
@@ -699,8 +699,6 @@
 	.open =		ep_open,
 	.release =	ep_release,
 	.llseek =	no_llseek,
-	.read =		new_sync_read,
-	.write =	new_sync_write,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ep_ioctl,
 	.read_iter =	ep_read_iter,
 	.write_iter =	ep_write_iter,
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index 55cc9c8..d7fcb77 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -641,8 +641,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations v9fs_cached_file_operations = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter = generic_file_write_iter,
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
@@ -654,8 +652,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations v9fs_cached_file_operations_dotl = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter = generic_file_write_iter,
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
@@ -668,8 +664,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = v9fs_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter = v9fs_file_write_iter,
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
@@ -681,8 +675,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations_dotl = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = v9fs_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter = v9fs_file_write_iter,
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
@@ -695,8 +687,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations v9fs_mmap_file_operations = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = v9fs_mmap_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter = v9fs_mmap_file_write_iter,
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
@@ -708,8 +698,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations v9fs_mmap_file_operations_dotl = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = v9fs_mmap_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter = v9fs_mmap_file_write_iter,
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
diff --git a/fs/adfs/file.c b/fs/adfs/file.c
index 07c9edc..46c0d56 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/file.c
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@
 
 const struct file_operations adfs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 };
diff --git a/fs/affs/file.c b/fs/affs/file.c
index 3aa7eb6..7c1a3d4 100644
--- a/fs/affs/file.c
+++ b/fs/affs/file.c
@@ -969,9 +969,7 @@
 }
 const struct file_operations affs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.open		= affs_file_open,
diff --git a/fs/afs/file.c b/fs/afs/file.c
index 932ce07..999bc3c 100644
--- a/fs/afs/file.c
+++ b/fs/afs/file.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 	.open		= afs_open,
 	.release	= afs_release,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= afs_file_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_readonly_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/bfs/file.c b/fs/bfs/file.c
index e7f88ac..97f1b51 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/file.c
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
 
 const struct file_operations bfs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek 	= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 2e522ae..b5e8789 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1659,8 +1659,6 @@
 	.open		= blkdev_open,
 	.release	= blkdev_close,
 	.llseek		= block_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= blkdev_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= blkdev_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index aee18f8..cdc801c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -2806,8 +2806,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations btrfs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= btrfs_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter      = generic_file_read_iter,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 	.write_iter	= btrfs_file_write_iter,
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 139f2fe..56237ea 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -1331,8 +1331,6 @@
 	.open = ceph_open,
 	.release = ceph_release,
 	.llseek = ceph_llseek,
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = ceph_read_iter,
 	.write_iter = ceph_write_iter,
 	.mmap = ceph_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index d72fe37..eaab4b2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -906,8 +906,6 @@
 };
 
 const struct file_operations cifs_file_ops = {
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = cifs_loose_read_iter,
 	.write_iter = cifs_file_write_iter,
 	.open = cifs_open,
@@ -926,8 +924,6 @@
 };
 
 const struct file_operations cifs_file_strict_ops = {
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = cifs_strict_readv,
 	.write_iter = cifs_strict_writev,
 	.open = cifs_open,
@@ -947,8 +943,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_ops = {
 	/* BB reevaluate whether they can be done with directio, no cache */
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = cifs_user_readv,
 	.write_iter = cifs_user_writev,
 	.open = cifs_open,
@@ -967,8 +961,6 @@
 };
 
 const struct file_operations cifs_file_nobrl_ops = {
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = cifs_loose_read_iter,
 	.write_iter = cifs_file_write_iter,
 	.open = cifs_open,
@@ -986,8 +978,6 @@
 };
 
 const struct file_operations cifs_file_strict_nobrl_ops = {
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = cifs_strict_readv,
 	.write_iter = cifs_strict_writev,
 	.open = cifs_open,
@@ -1006,8 +996,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_nobrl_ops = {
 	/* BB reevaluate whether they can be done with directio, no cache */
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = cifs_user_readv,
 	.write_iter = cifs_user_writev,
 	.open = cifs_open,
diff --git a/fs/coda/file.c b/fs/coda/file.c
index d9f1d9a..1da3805 100644
--- a/fs/coda/file.c
+++ b/fs/coda/file.c
@@ -219,8 +219,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations coda_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= coda_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= coda_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= coda_file_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index 7967508..a65786e 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -358,9 +358,7 @@
 
 const struct file_operations ecryptfs_main_fops = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read = new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter = ecryptfs_read_update_atime,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter = generic_file_write_iter,
 	.iterate = ecryptfs_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ecryptfs_unlocked_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/exofs/file.c b/fs/exofs/file.c
index 1a376b4..906de66 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/file.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/file.c
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations exofs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index e317017..ef04fdb 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@
  */
 const struct file_operations ext2_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ext2_ioctl,
@@ -111,8 +109,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
 const struct file_operations ext2_dax_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ext2_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/file.c b/fs/ext3/file.c
index a062fa1..3b8f650 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/file.c
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations ext3_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= ext3_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 598abbb..9ad0303 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -607,8 +607,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations ext4_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= ext4_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= ext4_file_write_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ext4_ioctl,
@@ -627,8 +625,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
 const struct file_operations ext4_dax_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= ext4_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= ext4_file_write_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ext4_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 98dac27..df6a059 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1104,8 +1104,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations f2fs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= f2fs_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.open		= generic_file_open,
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index 8429c68..1e98d33 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -170,8 +170,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations fat_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/fuse/cuse.c b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
index 644f057..e5bbf74 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/cuse.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@
 
 static const struct file_operations cuse_frontend_fops = {
 	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
-	.read			= new_sync_read,
-	.write			= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter		= cuse_read_iter,
 	.write_iter		= cuse_write_iter,
 	.open			= cuse_open,
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 727e139..e1afdd7 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -2953,9 +2953,7 @@
 
 static const struct file_operations fuse_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= fuse_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= fuse_file_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= fuse_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= fuse_file_mmap,
 	.open		= fuse_open,
@@ -2973,9 +2971,7 @@
 
 static const struct file_operations fuse_direct_io_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= fuse_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= fuse_direct_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= fuse_direct_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= fuse_direct_mmap,
 	.open		= fuse_open,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index f6fc412..614bb42 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -1064,9 +1064,7 @@
 
 const struct file_operations gfs2_file_fops = {
 	.llseek		= gfs2_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= gfs2_file_write_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= gfs2_ioctl,
 	.mmap		= gfs2_mmap,
@@ -1096,9 +1094,7 @@
 
 const struct file_operations gfs2_file_fops_nolock = {
 	.llseek		= gfs2_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= gfs2_file_write_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= gfs2_ioctl,
 	.mmap		= gfs2_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/hfs/inode.c b/fs/hfs/inode.c
index 98d4ea4..9337065 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/inode.c
@@ -674,9 +674,7 @@
 
 static const struct file_operations hfs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
index f541196..5f86cadb 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
@@ -341,9 +341,7 @@
 
 static const struct file_operations hfsplus_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index fd62cae..e021188 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -378,11 +378,9 @@
 
 static const struct file_operations hostfs_file_fops = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.open		= hostfs_file_open,
 	.release	= hostfs_file_release,
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/file.c b/fs/hpfs/file.c
index 7f54e5f..6d8cfe9 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/file.c
@@ -197,9 +197,7 @@
 const struct file_operations hpfs_file_ops =
 {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.release	= hpfs_file_release,
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 5291c14..8c2dad6 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -696,7 +696,6 @@
 }
 
 const struct file_operations hugetlbfs_file_operations = {
-	.read			= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter		= hugetlbfs_read_iter,
 	.mmap			= hugetlbfs_file_mmap,
 	.fsync			= noop_fsync,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/file.c b/fs/jffs2/file.c
index 64989ca9..f509f62 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/file.c
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@
 {
 	.llseek =	generic_file_llseek,
 	.open =		generic_file_open,
- 	.read =		new_sync_read,
  	.read_iter =	generic_file_read_iter,
- 	.write =	new_sync_write,
  	.write_iter =	generic_file_write_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl=jffs2_ioctl,
 	.mmap =		generic_file_readonly_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/jfs/file.c b/fs/jfs/file.c
index 10815f8..ae46788 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/file.c
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@
 const struct file_operations jfs_file_operations = {
 	.open		= jfs_open,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/logfs/file.c b/fs/logfs/file.c
index 8538752..b2c13f7 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/file.c
@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_readonly_mmap,
 	.open		= generic_file_open,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 };
 
 const struct address_space_operations logfs_reg_aops = {
diff --git a/fs/minix/file.c b/fs/minix/file.c
index a967de0..6d63e27 100644
--- a/fs/minix/file.c
+++ b/fs/minix/file.c
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
  */
 const struct file_operations minix_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/file.c b/fs/ncpfs/file.c
index 5f9d562..479bf8d 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/file.c
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@
 const struct file_operations ncp_file_operations =
 {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= ncp_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= ncp_file_write_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= ncp_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 37b1558..f6a3ade 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -926,8 +926,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations nfs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= nfs_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= nfs_file_read,
 	.write_iter	= nfs_file_write,
 	.mmap		= nfs_file_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index 8b46389..0181cde 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -170,8 +170,6 @@
 #else
 	.llseek		= nfs_file_llseek,
 #endif
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= nfs_file_read,
 	.write_iter	= nfs_file_write,
 	.mmap		= nfs_file_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/file.c b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
index a8c728ac..54575e3 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@
  */
 const struct file_operations nilfs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= nilfs_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index c1da78d..840e95e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -2048,10 +2048,8 @@
 
 const struct file_operations ntfs_file_ops = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 #ifdef NTFS_RW
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= ntfs_file_write_iter,
 	.fsync		= ntfs_file_fsync,
 #endif /* NTFS_RW */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 266845d..0a6ec7e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2676,8 +2676,6 @@
  */
 const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops = {
 	.llseek		= ocfs2_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.mmap		= ocfs2_mmap,
 	.fsync		= ocfs2_sync_file,
 	.release	= ocfs2_file_release,
@@ -2724,8 +2722,6 @@
  */
 const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops_no_plocks = {
 	.llseek		= ocfs2_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.mmap		= ocfs2_mmap,
 	.fsync		= ocfs2_sync_file,
 	.release	= ocfs2_file_release,
diff --git a/fs/omfs/file.c b/fs/omfs/file.c
index 902e885..f993be7 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/file.c
@@ -337,8 +337,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations omfs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter = generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter = generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap = generic_file_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 2d084f2..822da5b 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -946,9 +946,7 @@
 const struct file_operations pipefifo_fops = {
 	.open		= fifo_open,
 	.llseek		= no_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= pipe_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= pipe_write,
 	.poll		= pipe_poll,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= pipe_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
index 4f56de8..183a212 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@
 #include "internal.h"
 
 const struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations = {
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.fsync		= noop_fsync,
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
index f6ab41b..0b38bef 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@
 	.mmap_capabilities	= ramfs_mmap_capabilities,
 	.mmap			= ramfs_nommu_mmap,
 	.get_unmapped_area	= ramfs_nommu_get_unmapped_area,
-	.read			= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter		= generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write			= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter		= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.fsync			= noop_fsync,
 	.splice_read		= generic_file_splice_read,
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index c75e6ef..3ae8eee 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations generic_ro_fops = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_readonly_mmap,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
@@ -428,7 +427,7 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_sync_read);
 
-ssize_t new_sync_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+static ssize_t new_sync_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = len };
 	struct kiocb kiocb;
@@ -445,8 +444,6 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(new_sync_read);
-
 ssize_t __vfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 		   loff_t *pos)
 {
@@ -505,7 +502,7 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_sync_write);
 
-ssize_t new_sync_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+static ssize_t new_sync_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = (void __user *)buf, .iov_len = len };
 	struct kiocb kiocb;
@@ -522,8 +519,6 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(new_sync_write);
-
 ssize_t __vfs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *p, size_t count,
 		    loff_t *pos)
 {
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index 751dd3f..96a1bcf 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@
 }
 
 const struct file_operations reiserfs_file_operations = {
-	.read = new_sync_read,
-	.write = new_sync_write,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = reiserfs_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl = reiserfs_compat_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/romfs/mmap-nommu.c b/fs/romfs/mmap-nommu.c
index 7da9e21..1118a0d 100644
--- a/fs/romfs/mmap-nommu.c
+++ b/fs/romfs/mmap-nommu.c
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations romfs_ro_fops = {
 	.llseek			= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read			= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter		= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.splice_read		= generic_file_splice_read,
 	.mmap			= romfs_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/sysv/file.c b/fs/sysv/file.c
index b00811c..a48e304 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/file.c
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
  */
 const struct file_operations sysv_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index c3d15fe..475b156 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -1580,8 +1580,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations ubifs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read           = new_sync_read,
-	.write          = new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter      = generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter     = ubifs_write_iter,
 	.mmap           = ubifs_file_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/udf/file.c b/fs/udf/file.c
index 7f885cc..74050bf 100644
--- a/fs/udf/file.c
+++ b/fs/udf/file.c
@@ -240,12 +240,10 @@
 }
 
 const struct file_operations udf_file_operations = {
-	.read			= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter		= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.unlocked_ioctl		= udf_ioctl,
 	.open			= generic_file_open,
 	.mmap			= generic_file_mmap,
-	.write			= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter		= udf_file_write_iter,
 	.release		= udf_release_file,
 	.fsync			= generic_file_fsync,
diff --git a/fs/ufs/file.c b/fs/ufs/file.c
index c84ec01..042ddbf 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/file.c
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@
  
 const struct file_operations ufs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.open           = generic_file_open,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index f44212f..44856c3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -1386,8 +1386,6 @@
 
 const struct file_operations xfs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= xfs_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= xfs_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= xfs_file_write_iter,
 	.splice_read	= xfs_file_splice_read,
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4a1cb00..cade130 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2576,8 +2576,6 @@
 extern ssize_t generic_perform_write(struct file *, struct iov_iter *, loff_t);
 extern ssize_t do_sync_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos);
 extern ssize_t do_sync_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos);
-extern ssize_t new_sync_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos);
-extern ssize_t new_sync_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos);
 
 ssize_t vfs_iter_read(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos);
 ssize_t vfs_iter_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos);
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 80b360c..1ea2400 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3118,8 +3118,6 @@
 	.mmap		= shmem_mmap,
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
 	.llseek		= shmem_file_llseek,
-	.read		= new_sync_read,
-	.write		= new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter	= shmem_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.fsync		= noop_fsync,
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 5b01262..3e33959 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@
 static const struct file_operations socket_file_ops = {
 	.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
 	.llseek =	no_llseek,
-	.read =		new_sync_read,
-	.write =	new_sync_write,
 	.read_iter =	sock_read_iter,
 	.write_iter =	sock_write_iter,
 	.poll =		sock_poll,