1 files changed, 0 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index c8be646cb191..880a88815211 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -35,19 +35,6 @@ extern int sysctl_somaxconn;
 extern char sysctl_divert_version[];
 #endif /* CONFIG_NET_DIVERT */
 
-/*
- * This strdup() is used for creating copies of network 
- * device names to be handed over to sysctl.
- */
- 
-char *net_sysctl_strdup(const char *s)
-{
-	char *rv = kmalloc(strlen(s)+1, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (rv)
-		strcpy(rv, s);
-	return rv;
-}
-
 ctl_table core_table[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET
 	{
@@ -177,6 +164,4 @@ ctl_table core_table[] = {
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(net_sysctl_strdup);
-
 #endif