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-rw-r--r--fs/xattr.c19
-rw-r--r--include/linux/xattr.h2
2 files changed, 0 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 9b932b95d74e..58bdabcc9d35 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -208,25 +208,6 @@ vfs_getxattr_alloc(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, char **xattr_value,
return error;
}
-/* Compare an extended attribute value with the given value */
-int vfs_xattr_cmp(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
- const char *value, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
-{
- char *xattr_value = NULL;
- int rc;
-
- rc = vfs_getxattr_alloc(dentry, xattr_name, &xattr_value, 0, flags);
- if (rc < 0)
- return rc;
-
- if ((rc != size) || (memcmp(xattr_value, value, rc) != 0))
- rc = -EINVAL;
- else
- rc = 0;
- kfree(xattr_value);
- return rc;
-}
-
ssize_t
vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h
index 89474b9d260c..45fa3456a0cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/xattr.h
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ int generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
int generic_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
ssize_t vfs_getxattr_alloc(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
char **xattr_value, size_t size, gfp_t flags);
-int vfs_xattr_cmp(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
- const char *value, size_t size, gfp_t flags);
struct simple_xattrs {
struct list_head head;