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-rw-r--r--include/net/sch_generic.h19
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index d6cf5116b5f9..ec693fe7c553 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -551,25 +551,6 @@ static inline struct Qdisc *qdisc_root_sleeping(const struct Qdisc *qdisc)
return qdisc->dev_queue->qdisc_sleeping;
}
-/* The qdisc root lock is a mechanism by which to top level
- * of a qdisc tree can be locked from any qdisc node in the
- * forest. This allows changing the configuration of some
- * aspect of the qdisc tree while blocking out asynchronous
- * qdisc access in the packet processing paths.
- *
- * It is only legal to do this when the root will not change
- * on us. Otherwise we'll potentially lock the wrong qdisc
- * root. This is enforced by holding the RTNL semaphore, which
- * all users of this lock accessor must do.
- */
-static inline spinlock_t *qdisc_root_lock(const struct Qdisc *qdisc)
-{
- struct Qdisc *root = qdisc_root(qdisc);
-
- ASSERT_RTNL();
- return qdisc_lock(root);
-}
-
static inline spinlock_t *qdisc_root_sleeping_lock(const struct Qdisc *qdisc)
{
struct Qdisc *root = qdisc_root_sleeping(qdisc);