From 078d8e624c1837aa8ad65e58054a4a40d7ac46d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 10:26:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ... and kill anon_inode_getfile_private()
it's a seriously misguided API, now fortunately without users.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
fs/anon_inodes.c | 66 -------------------------------------
include/linux/anon_inodes.h | 3 --
2 files changed, 69 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index 22f9698a1214..24084732b1d0 100644
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -62,72 +62,6 @@ static struct file_system_type anon_inode_fs_type = {
.kill_sb = kill_anon_super,
};
-/**
- * anon_inode_getfile_private - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
- * anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
- * of the file
- *
- * @name: [in] name of the "class" of the new file
- * @fops: [in] file operations for the new file
- * @priv: [in] private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
- * @flags: [in] flags
- *
- *
- * Similar to anon_inode_getfile, but each file holds a single inode.
- *
- */
-struct file *anon_inode_getfile_private(const char *name,
- const struct file_operations *fops,
- void *priv, int flags)
-{
- struct qstr this;
- struct path path;
- struct file *file;
- struct inode *inode;
-
- if (fops->owner && !try_module_get(fops->owner))
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-
- inode = alloc_anon_inode(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb);
- if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
- file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- goto err_module;
- }
-
- /*
- * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name
- * using the inode sequence number.
- */
- file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- this.name = name;
- this.len = strlen(name);
- this.hash = 0;
- path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb, &this);
- if (!path.dentry)
- goto err_module;
-
- path.mnt = mntget(anon_inode_mnt);
-
- d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode);
-
- file = alloc_file(&path, OPEN_FMODE(flags), fops);
- if (IS_ERR(file))
- goto err_dput;
-
- file->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping;
- file->f_flags = flags & (O_ACCMODE | O_NONBLOCK);
- file->private_data = priv;
-
- return file;
-
-err_dput:
- path_put(&path);
-err_module:
- module_put(fops->owner);
- return file;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfile_private);
-
/**
* anon_inode_getfile - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
* anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
diff --git a/include/linux/anon_inodes.h b/include/linux/anon_inodes.h
index cf573c22b81e..8013a45242fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/anon_inodes.h
+++ b/include/linux/anon_inodes.h
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ struct file_operations;
struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
const struct file_operations *fops,
void *priv, int flags);
-struct file *anon_inode_getfile_private(const char *name,
- const struct file_operations *fops,
- void *priv, int flags);
int anon_inode_getfd(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
void *priv, int flags);