error = xfs_unmount_flush(mp, 0);
        WARN_ON(error);
 
-       /*
-        * If we're forcing a shutdown, typically because of a media error,
-        * we want to make sure we invalidate dirty pages that belong to
-        * referenced vnodes as well.
-        */
-       if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
-               error = xfs_sync(mp, SYNC_WAIT | SYNC_CLOSE);
-               ASSERT(error != EFSCORRUPTED);
-       }
-
        if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_DMAPI) {
                XFS_SEND_UNMOUNT(mp, rip, DM_RIGHT_NULL, 0, 0,
                                unmount_event_flags);
 
        if (flags & SYNC_WAIT)
                fflag = 0;              /* synchronous overrides all */
 
-       if (flags & (SYNC_DELWRI | SYNC_CLOSE)) {
+       if (flags & SYNC_DELWRI) {
                /*
                 * We need the I/O lock if we're going to call any of
                 * the flush/inval routines.
                }
 
                /* nothing to sync during shutdown */
-               if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp) && !(flags & SYNC_CLOSE)) {
+               if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
                        read_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
                        return 0;
                }
                 * If we need to drop the lock, insert a marker if we
                 * have not already done so.
                 */
-               if (flags & SYNC_CLOSE) {
-                       xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-                       if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
-                               xfs_tosspages(ip, 0, -1, FI_REMAPF);
-                       else
-                               error = xfs_flushinval_pages(ip, 0, -1,
-                                                       FI_REMAPF);
-                       /* wait for I/O on freeze */
-                       if (flags & SYNC_IOWAIT)
-                               vn_iowait(ip);
-
-                       xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-               }
-
                if ((flags & SYNC_DELWRI) && VN_DIRTY(inode)) {
                        xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
                        error = xfs_flush_pages(ip, 0, -1, fflag, FI_NONE);
  *                    inodes.  SYNC_WAIT and SYNC_BDFLUSH are used to
  *                    determine if they should be flushed sync, async, or
  *                    delwri.
- *      SYNC_CLOSE   - This flag is passed when the system is being
- *                    unmounted.  We should sync and invalidate everything.
  *      SYNC_FSDATA  - This indicates that the caller would like to make
  *                    sure the superblock is safe on disk.  We can ensure
  *                    this by simply making sure the log gets flushed
                        return error;
        }
 
-       /*
-        * When shutting down, we need to insure that the AIL is pushed
-        * to disk or the filesystem can appear corrupt from the PROM.
-        */
-       if ((flags & (SYNC_CLOSE|SYNC_WAIT)) == (SYNC_CLOSE|SYNC_WAIT)) {
-               XFS_bflush(mp->m_ddev_targp);
-               if (mp->m_rtdev_targp) {
-                       XFS_bflush(mp->m_rtdev_targp);
-               }
-       }
-
        return XFS_ERROR(last_error);
 }