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diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 9608839552b3..a516b6716870 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1396,7 +1396,21 @@ static inline void inode_dec_link_count(struct inode *inode)
mark_inode_dirty(inode);
}
-extern void inode_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode);
+/**
+ * inode_inc_iversion - increments i_version
+ * @inode: inode that need to be updated
+ *
+ * Every time the inode is modified, the i_version field will be incremented.
+ * The filesystem has to be mounted with i_version flag
+ */
+
+static inline void inode_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ inode->i_version++;
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+}
+
extern void touch_atime(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry);
static inline void file_accessed(struct file *file)
{