diff -uNr 17-rc1-removepage/mm/shmem.c c/mm/shmem.c
--- 17-rc1-removepage/mm/shmem.c	Sun Dec 16 11:31:21 2001
+++ c/mm/shmem.c	Sun Dec 16 15:04:34 2001
@@ -36,15 +36,28 @@
 #define ENTRIES_PER_PAGE (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE/sizeof(unsigned long))
 
 #define SHMEM_SB(sb) (&sb->u.shmem_sb)
+#define SHMEM_NOSWAP(info) ((info)->locked == 2)
 
 static struct super_operations shmem_ops;
 static struct address_space_operations shmem_aops;
+static struct address_space_operations shmem_noswap_aops;
 static struct file_operations shmem_file_operations;
 static struct inode_operations shmem_inode_operations;
 static struct file_operations shmem_dir_operations;
 static struct inode_operations shmem_dir_inode_operations;
 static struct vm_operations_struct shmem_vm_ops;
 
+static struct super_block *shmem_read_super(struct super_block * sb, void * data, int silent);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
+/* type "shm" will be tagged obsolete in 2.5 */
+static DECLARE_FSTYPE(shmem_fs_type, "shm", shmem_read_super, FS_LITTER);
+static DECLARE_FSTYPE(tmpfs_fs_type, "tmpfs", shmem_read_super, FS_LITTER);
+static DECLARE_FSTYPE(ramfs2_fs_type, "ramfs2", shmem_read_super, FS_LITTER);
+#else
+static DECLARE_FSTYPE(tmpfs_fs_type, "tmpfs", shmem_read_super, FS_LITTER|FS_NOMOUNT);
+#endif
+
 LIST_HEAD (shmem_inodes);
 static spinlock_t shmem_ilock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 atomic_t shmem_nrpages = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
@@ -299,8 +312,11 @@
 	struct shmem_inode_info * info = SHMEM_I(inode);
 	struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo = SHMEM_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
-	down(&info->sem);
 	inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
+	if (SHMEM_NOSWAP(info))
+		return;
+
+	down(&info->sem);
 	spin_lock (&info->lock);
 	index = (inode->i_size + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
@@ -352,6 +368,9 @@
 	unsigned long idx;
 	int offset;
 	
+	if (SHMEM_NOSWAP(info))
+		return 0;
+
 	idx = 0;
 	spin_lock (&info->lock);
 	offset = shmem_clear_swp (entry, info->i_direct, SHMEM_NR_DIRECT);
@@ -484,6 +503,9 @@
 	if (page)
 		return page;
 
+	if (SHMEM_NOSWAP(info))
+		goto noswap_alloc;
+
 	entry = shmem_alloc_entry (info, idx);
 	if (IS_ERR(entry))
 		return (void *)entry;
@@ -543,6 +565,7 @@
 		info->swapped--;
 		spin_unlock (&info->lock);
 	} else {
+	noswap_alloc:
 		sbinfo = SHMEM_SB(inode->i_sb);
 		spin_unlock (&info->lock);
 		spin_lock (&sbinfo->stat_lock);
@@ -628,8 +651,11 @@
 	struct inode * inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct shmem_inode_info * info = SHMEM_I(inode);
 
+	if (SHMEM_NOSWAP(info))
+		return;
+
 	down(&info->sem);
-	info->locked = lock;
+	info->locked = (lock != 0);
 	up(&info->sem);
 }
 
@@ -668,12 +694,19 @@
 		inode->i_blksize = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 		inode->i_blocks = 0;
 		inode->i_rdev = NODEV;
-		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &shmem_aops;
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		info = SHMEM_I(inode);
 		info->inode = inode;
 		spin_lock_init (&info->lock);
 		sema_init (&info->sem, 1);
+
+		if (sb->s_type == &ramfs2_fs_type) {
+			info->locked = 2;
+			inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &shmem_noswap_aops;
+		} else {
+			inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &shmem_aops;
+		}
+
 		switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
 		default:
 			init_special_inode(inode, mode, dev);
@@ -1310,6 +1343,11 @@
 
 
 
+static struct address_space_operations shmem_noswap_aops = {
+	removepage:	shmem_removepage,
+	writepage:	fail_writepage,
+};
+
 static struct address_space_operations shmem_aops = {
 	removepage:	shmem_removepage,
 	writepage:	shmem_writepage,
@@ -1363,13 +1401,6 @@
 	nopage:	shmem_nopage,
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
-/* type "shm" will be tagged obsolete in 2.5 */
-static DECLARE_FSTYPE(shmem_fs_type, "shm", shmem_read_super, FS_LITTER);
-static DECLARE_FSTYPE(tmpfs_fs_type, "tmpfs", shmem_read_super, FS_LITTER);
-#else
-static DECLARE_FSTYPE(tmpfs_fs_type, "tmpfs", shmem_read_super, FS_LITTER|FS_NOMOUNT);
-#endif
 static struct vfsmount *shm_mnt;
 
 static int __init init_shmem_fs(void)
@@ -1382,6 +1413,11 @@
 		return error;
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
+	if ((error = register_filesystem(&ramfs2_fs_type))) {
+		printk (KERN_ERR "Could not register ramfs2\n");
+		return error;
+	}
+
 	if ((error = register_filesystem(&shmem_fs_type))) {
 		printk (KERN_ERR "Could not register shm fs\n");
 		return error;
@@ -1407,6 +1443,7 @@
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
 	unregister_filesystem(&shmem_fs_type);
+	unregister_filesystem(&ramfs2_fs_type);
 #endif
 	unregister_filesystem(&tmpfs_fs_type);
 	mntput(shm_mnt);