... 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>

diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index 22f9698..2408473 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -63,72 +63,6 @@ static struct file_system_type anon_inode_fs_type = {
 };
 
 /**
- * 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"
  *                      of the file

diff --git a/include/linux/anon_inodes.h b/include/linux/anon_inodes.h
index cf573c2..8013a45 100644 (file)
--- 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);