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diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h
index 2a52333a062..7c6681aa2ab 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
#define O_APPEND 0x0008
-#define O_SYNC 0x0010
+#define O_DSYNC 0x0010 /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
#define O_NONBLOCK 0x0080
#define O_CREAT 0x0100 /* not fcntl */
#define O_TRUNC 0x0200 /* not fcntl */
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@
#define O_NOCTTY 0x0800 /* not fcntl */
#define FASYNC 0x1000 /* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
#define O_LARGEFILE 0x2000 /* allow large file opens */
+/*
+ * Before Linux 2.6.32 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
+ * the O_SYNC flag. We continue to use the existing numerical value
+ * for O_DSYNC semantics now, but using the correct symbolic name for it.
+ * This new value is used to request true Posix O_SYNC semantics. It is
+ * defined in this strange way to make sure applications compiled against
+ * new headers get at least O_DSYNC semantics on older kernels.
+ *
+ * This has the nice side-effect that we can simply test for O_DSYNC
+ * wherever we do not care if O_DSYNC or O_SYNC is used.
+ *
+ * Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
+ */
+#define __O_SYNC 0x4000
+#define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
#define O_DIRECT 0x8000 /* direct disk access hint */
#define F_GETLK 14