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Subject[PATCH RESEND 1/2] vfs: remove unused d_backing_dentry() function
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d_backing_dentry() isn't used by anyone, so remove it.

Signed-off-by: Haifeng Xu <haifeng.xu@shopee.com>
Reviewed-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
include/linux/dcache.h | 15 ---------------
1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 6b351e009f59..13023c7211d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -545,21 +545,6 @@ 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 - Return the real dentry
* @dentry: the dentry to query
--
2.25.1
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