1 files changed, 0 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/mm/shrinker.c b/mm/shrinker.c
index 043c87ccfab4..a16cd448b924 100644
--- a/mm/shrinker.c
+++ b/mm/shrinker.c
@@ -692,18 +692,3 @@ void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 	shrinker->nr_deferred = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker);
-
-/**
- * synchronize_shrinkers - Wait for all running shrinkers to complete.
- *
- * This is equivalent to calling unregister_shrink() and register_shrinker(),
- * but atomically and with less overhead. This is useful to guarantee that all
- * shrinker invocations have seen an update, before freeing memory, similar to
- * rcu.
- */
-void synchronize_shrinkers(void)
-{
-	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
-	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(synchronize_shrinkers);