From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
unused now and impossible to use safely anyway.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/kernfs/mount.c | 30 ------------------------------
include/linux/kernfs.h | 1 -
2 files changed, 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/mount.c b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
index d71c9405874a..4d303047a4f8 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
@@ -377,36 +377,6 @@ void kernfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
kfree(info);
}
-/**
- * kernfs_pin_sb: try to pin the superblock associated with a kernfs_root
- * @kernfs_root: the kernfs_root in question
- * @ns: the namespace tag
- *
- * Pin the superblock so the superblock won't be destroyed in subsequent
- * operations. This can be used to block ->kill_sb() which may be useful
- * for kernfs users which dynamically manage superblocks.
- *
- * Returns NULL if there's no superblock associated to this kernfs_root, or
- * -EINVAL if the superblock is being freed.
- */
-struct super_block *kernfs_pin_sb(struct kernfs_root *root, const void *ns)
-{
- struct kernfs_super_info *info;
- struct super_block *sb = NULL;
-
- mutex_lock(&kernfs_mutex);
- list_for_each_entry(info, &root->supers, node) {
- if (info->ns == ns) {
- sb = info->sb;
- if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&info->sb->s_active))
- sb = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
- break;
- }
- }
- mutex_unlock(&kernfs_mutex);
- return sb;
-}
-
void __init kernfs_init(void)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index 5b36b1287a5a..44acb4c3659c 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@ struct dentry *kernfs_mount_ns(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
struct kernfs_root *root, unsigned long magic,
bool *new_sb_created, const void *ns);
void kernfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb);
-struct super_block *kernfs_pin_sb(struct kernfs_root *root, const void *ns);
void kernfs_init(void);
