[3/4] Eliminate d_backing_dentry()

Commit Message

Goldwyn Rodrigues June 22, 2018, 9:18 p.m. UTC

From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <[e-mail]>

d_backing_dentry() is not used.

Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <[e-mail]>
---
 include/linux/dcache.h | 15 ---------------
 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 6bb1ba14af8d..cf4b37b91a1b 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -529,21 +529,6 @@  static inline struct inode *d_backing_inode(const struct dentry *upper)
 	return inode;
 }
 
-/**
- * d_backing_dentry - Get upper or lower dentry we should be using
- * @upper: The upper layer
- *
- * This is the helper that should be used to get the dentry of the inode that
- * will be used if this dentry were opened as a file.  It may be the upper
- * dentry or it may be a lower dentry pinned by the upper.
- *
- * Normal filesystems should not use this to access their own dentries.
- */
-static inline struct dentry *d_backing_dentry(struct dentry *upper)
-{
-	return upper;
-}
-
 /* d_real() flags */
 #define D_REAL_UPPER	0x2	/* return upper dentry or NULL if non-upper */