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diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 28d6f36a2d79..5ed3381818ec 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1965,36 +1965,6 @@ bool wb_over_bg_thresh(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
return false;
}
-void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
- unsigned long background_thresh;
- unsigned long dirty_thresh;
-
- for ( ; ; ) {
- global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
- dirty_thresh = hard_dirty_limit(&global_wb_domain, dirty_thresh);
-
- /*
- * Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page
- * allocators so they don't get DoS'ed by heavy writers
- */
- dirty_thresh += dirty_thresh / 10; /* wheeee... */
-
- if (global_node_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
- global_node_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh)
- break;
- congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
-
- /*
- * The caller might hold locks which can prevent IO completion
- * or progress in the filesystem. So we cannot just sit here
- * waiting for IO to complete.
- */
- if ((gfp_mask & (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO)) != (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO))
- break;
- }
-}
-
/*
* sysctl handler for /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
*/