This function is now unused so remove it. One less function that uses
the global superblock list.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/super.c | 28 ----------------------------
include/linux/fs.h | 1 -
2 files changed, 29 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 672f1837fbef..181ac8501301 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -1016,34 +1016,6 @@ void iterate_supers_type(struct file_system_type *type,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(iterate_supers_type);
-/**
- * get_active_super - get an active reference to the superblock of a device
- * @bdev: device to get the superblock for
- *
- * Scans the superblock list and finds the superblock of the file system
- * mounted on the device given. Returns the superblock with an active
- * reference or %NULL if none was found.
- */
-struct super_block *get_active_super(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
- struct super_block *sb;
-
- if (!bdev)
- return NULL;
-
- spin_lock(&sb_lock);
- list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
- if (sb->s_bdev == bdev) {
- if (!grab_super(sb))
- return NULL;
- super_unlock_excl(sb);
- return sb;
- }
- }
- spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
- return NULL;
-}
-
struct super_block *user_get_super(dev_t dev, bool excl)
{
struct super_block *sb;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index b528f063e8ff..ad0ddc10d560 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3052,7 +3052,6 @@ extern int vfs_readlink(struct dentry *, char __user *, int);
extern struct file_system_type *get_filesystem(struct file_system_type *fs);
extern void put_filesystem(struct file_system_type *fs);
extern struct file_system_type *get_fs_type(const char *name);
-extern struct super_block *get_active_super(struct block_device *bdev);
extern void drop_super(struct super_block *sb);
extern void drop_super_exclusive(struct super_block *sb);
extern void iterate_supers(void (*)(struct super_block *, void *), void *);
--
2.34.1
