linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] fs: Remove mount

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Message-ID: <20250723132156.225410-2-pfalcato@suse.de>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:21:54 +0100
From: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@...e.de>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
	Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fs: Remove mount_nodev

mount_nodev has had no in-tree users since
cc0876f817d6 ("vfs: Convert devpts to use the new mount API").
Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@...e.de>
---
 fs/super.c         | 20 --------------------
 include/linux/fs.h |  3 ---
 2 files changed, 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 7f876f32343a..7daa20737f2e 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -1773,26 +1773,6 @@ void kill_block_super(struct super_block *sb)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kill_block_super);
 #endif
 
-struct dentry *mount_nodev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
-	int flags, void *data,
-	int (*fill_super)(struct super_block *, void *, int))
-{
-	int error;
-	struct super_block *s = sget(fs_type, NULL, set_anon_super, flags, NULL);
-
-	if (IS_ERR(s))
-		return ERR_CAST(s);
-
-	error = fill_super(s, data, flags & SB_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
-	if (error) {
-		deactivate_locked_super(s);
-		return ERR_PTR(error);
-	}
-	s->s_flags |= SB_ACTIVE;
-	return dget(s->s_root);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(mount_nodev);
-
 /**
  * vfs_get_tree - Get the mountable root
  * @fc: The superblock configuration context.
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 0b2c567b0889..65bb19e457d8 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2716,9 +2716,6 @@ static inline bool is_mgtime(const struct inode *inode)
 extern struct dentry *mount_bdev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data,
 	int (*fill_super)(struct super_block *, void *, int));
-extern struct dentry *mount_nodev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
-	int flags, void *data,
-	int (*fill_super)(struct super_block *, void *, int));
 extern struct dentry *mount_subtree(struct vfsmount *mnt, const char *path);
 void retire_super(struct super_block *sb);
 void generic_shutdown_super(struct super_block *sb);
-- 
2.50.1