ext4: remove unused function __ext4_write_dirty_metadata

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 <fmayhar@google.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index dadd3f9..14c00ff 100644 (file)
--- 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;
-}
-
 /*
  * ext4_setattr()
  *