diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index d0b37e626a1a763b6f29b6a19f50c40ad8abaad1..7346c96308a581546b7f5773fd94d41f9a3c7345 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ blkdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 
-	return blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking(rw, iocb, inode, I_BDEV(inode),
-				iov, offset, nr_segs, blkdev_get_blocks, NULL);
+	return blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking_newtrunc(rw, iocb, inode,
+				I_BDEV(inode), iov, offset, nr_segs,
+				blkdev_get_blocks, NULL);
 }
 
 int __sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev, int wait)
@@ -309,8 +310,8 @@ static int blkdev_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
 	*pagep = NULL;
-	return block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
-				blkdev_get_block);
+	return block_write_begin_newtrunc(file, mapping, pos, len, flags,
+				pagep, fsdata, blkdev_get_block);
 }
 
 static int blkdev_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index c8af2d91174b42b6ce33f0bfac759910589be268..41645142b88b4698300cc89bbad15c613e10d6fd 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -72,16 +72,11 @@ int configfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
 	if (!sd)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	sd_iattr = sd->s_iattr;
-
-	error = inode_change_ok(inode, iattr);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
-	error = inode_setattr(inode, iattr);
+	error = simple_setattr(dentry, iattr);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
+	sd_iattr = sd->s_iattr;
 	if (!sd_iattr) {
 		/* setting attributes for the first time, allocate now */
 		sd_iattr = kzalloc(sizeof(struct iattr), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
index 50020501c5ebaf9bde9dddaa28f5b7ea0e40d625..4884ac5ae9bea224517e384588847a44f4f8e462 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
@@ -50,5 +50,6 @@ const struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations = {
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ramfs_file_inode_operations = {
+	.setattr	= simple_setattr,
 	.getattr	= simple_getattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
index 869f2d80183d9908e3913b6f29e010752673708d..d532c20fc1796acb171fe22828f9fec935f53420 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int ramfs_nommu_resize(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize, loff_t size)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	ret = vmtruncate(inode, newsize);
+	ret = simple_setsize(inode, newsize);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ static int ramfs_nommu_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *ia)
 
 	/* pick out size-changing events */
 	if (ia->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
-		loff_t size = i_size_read(inode);
+		loff_t size = inode->i_size;
+
 		if (ia->ia_size != size) {
 			ret = ramfs_nommu_resize(inode, ia->ia_size, size);
 			if (ret < 0 || ia->ia_valid == ATTR_SIZE)
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ static int ramfs_nommu_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *ia)
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = inode_setattr(inode, ia);
+	generic_setattr(inode, ia);
  out:
 	ia->ia_valid = old_ia_valid;
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index bbd77e95cf7f7d6babe801fcac345d7cfcd7599f..bde1a4c3679a3c38bb5005a473fce4c8e3037e54 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -117,13 +117,11 @@ int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
-	iattr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE; /* ignore size changes */
-
-	error = inode_setattr(inode, iattr);
-	if (error)
-		goto out;
+	/* this ignores size changes */
+	generic_setattr(inode, iattr);
 
 	error = sysfs_sd_setattr(sd, iattr);
+
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
 	return error;