linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 31/35] Revert "vfs: add d_real

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Date:   Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:08:22 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
To:     linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 31/35] Revert "vfs: add d_real_inode() helper"

This reverts commit a118084432d642eeccb961c7c8cc61525a941fcb.

No user of d_real_inode() remains, so it can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/dcache.h | 12 ------------
 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index c2dea5e78f54..129ef05759a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -586,18 +586,6 @@ static inline struct dentry *d_real(struct dentry *dentry,
 		return dentry;
 }
 
-/**
- * d_real_inode - Return the real inode
- * @dentry: The dentry to query
- *
- * If dentry is on a union/overlay, then return the underlying, real inode.
- * Otherwise return d_inode().
- */
-static inline struct inode *d_real_inode(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	return d_backing_inode(d_real(dentry, NULL, 0));
-}
-
 struct name_snapshot {
 	const unsigned char *name;
 	unsigned char inline_name[DNAME_INLINE_LEN];
-- 
2.14.3