-/*
- * If *frompol needs [has] an extra ref, copy *frompol to *tompol ,
- * eliminate the * MPOL_F_* flags that require conditional ref and
- * [NOTE!!!] drop the extra ref. Not safe to reference *frompol directly
- * after return. Use the returned value.
- *
- * Allows use of a mempolicy for, e.g., multiple allocations with a single
- * policy lookup, even if the policy needs/has extra ref on lookup.
- * shmem_readahead needs this.
- */
-struct mempolicy *__mpol_cond_copy(struct mempolicy *tompol,
- struct mempolicy *frompol)
-{
- if (!mpol_needs_cond_ref(frompol))
- return frompol;
-
- *tompol = *frompol;
- tompol->flags &= ~MPOL_F_SHARED; /* copy doesn't need unref */
- __mpol_put(frompol);
- return tompol;
-}
-