@@ -808,43 +808,6 @@ void iterate_supers_type(struct file_system_type *type,
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iterate_supers_type);
 
-/**
- * get_super - get the superblock of a device
- * @bdev: device to get the superblock for
- *
- * Scans the superblock list and finds the superblock of the file system
- * mounted on the device given. %NULL is returned if no match is found.
- */
-struct super_block *get_super(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
-	struct super_block *sb;
-
-	if (!bdev)
-		return NULL;
-
-	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-rescan:
-	list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
-		if (hlist_unhashed(&sb->s_instances))
-			continue;
-		if (sb->s_bdev == bdev) {
-			sb->s_count++;
-			spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-			down_read(&sb->s_umount);
-			/* still alive? */
-			if (sb->s_root && (sb->s_flags & SB_BORN))
-				return sb;
-			up_read(&sb->s_umount);
-			/* nope, got unmounted */
-			spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-			__put_super(sb);
-			goto rescan;
-		}
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 /**
  * get_active_super - get an active reference to the superblock of a device
  * @bdev: device to get the superblock for

@@ -2913,7 +2913,6 @@ extern int vfs_readlink(struct dentry *, char __user *, int);
 extern struct file_system_type *get_filesystem(struct file_system_type *fs);
 extern void put_filesystem(struct file_system_type *fs);
 extern struct file_system_type *get_fs_type(const char *name);
-extern struct super_block *get_super(struct block_device *);
 extern struct super_block *get_active_super(struct block_device *bdev);
 extern void drop_super(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void drop_super_exclusive(struct super_block *sb);