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 22f9698a121..24084732b1d 100644
--- 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 cf573c22b81..8013a45242f 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);
 
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