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diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
index dd31e7bae35..e47328f5180 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@
#define REISERFS_IOC32_GETVERSION FS_IOC32_GETVERSION
#define REISERFS_IOC32_SETVERSION FS_IOC32_SETVERSION
-/* Locking primitives */
-/* Right now we are still falling back to (un)lock_kernel, but eventually that
- would evolve into real per-fs locks */
-#define reiserfs_write_lock( sb ) lock_kernel()
-#define reiserfs_write_unlock( sb ) unlock_kernel()
+/*
+ * Locking primitives. The write lock is a per superblock
+ * special mutex that has properties close to the Big Kernel Lock
+ * which was used in the previous locking scheme.
+ */
+void reiserfs_write_lock(struct super_block *s);
+void reiserfs_write_unlock(struct super_block *s);
struct fid;