The __ext4_write_dirty_metadata() function was introduced by commit
0390131b, "ext4: Allow ext4 to run without a journal", but nothing
ever used the function, either then or since. So let's remove it and
save a bit of space.
Cc: Frank Mayhar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]>
---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 19 -------------------
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index dadd3f9..14c00ff 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4790,25 +4790,6 @@ int ext4_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int wait)
return ext4_force_commit(inode->i_sb);
}
-int __ext4_write_dirty_metadata(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh)
-{
- int err = 0;
-
- mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
- if (inode && inode_needs_sync(inode)) {
- sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
- if (buffer_req(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
- ext4_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
- "IO error syncing inode, "
- "inode=%lu, block=%llu",
- inode->i_ino,
- (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
- err = -EIO;
- }
- }
- return err;
-}