EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
 
 /**
- * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr - try to start writeback if none underway
+ * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb - try to start writeback if none underway
  * @sb: the superblock
- * @nr: the number of pages to write
- * @reason: the reason of writeback
+ * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
  *
- * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb_nr if no writeback is currently underway.
- * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
+ * Invoke __writeback_inodes_sb_nr if no writeback is currently underway.
  */
-bool try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long nr,
-                                  enum wb_reason reason)
+void try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason)
 {
        if (!down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount))
-               return false;
+               return;
 
-       __writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr, reason, true);
+       __writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason, true);
        up_read(&sb->s_umount);
-       return true;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
-
-/**
- * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb - try to start writeback if none underway
- * @sb: the superblock
- * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
- *
- * Implement by try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr()
- * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
- */
-bool try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason)
-{
-       return try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb);
 
 
 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, enum wb_reason reason);
 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *, unsigned long nr,
                                                        enum wb_reason reason);
-bool try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, enum wb_reason reason);
-bool try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *, unsigned long nr,
-                                  enum wb_reason reason);
+void try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason);
 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
 void wakeup_flusher_threads(enum wb_reason reason);
 void wakeup_flusher_threads_bdi(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,