@@ -530,21 +530,6 @@ 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
no users left Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> --- include/linux/dcache.h | 15 --------------- 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)