fs/fs_parse: Remove unused and problematic validate_constant_table()

Remove validate_constant_table() since:

- It has no caller.

- It has below 3 bugs for good constant table array array[] which must
  end with a empty entry, and take below invocation for explaination:
  validate_constant_table(array, ARRAY_SIZE(array), ...)

  - Always return wrong value due to the last empty entry.
  - Imprecise error message for missorted case.
  - Potential NULL pointer dereference since the last pr_err() may use
    @tbl[i].name NULL pointer to print the last empty entry's name.

Signed-off-by: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@quicinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250415-fix_fs-v4-1-5d575124a3ff@quicinc.com
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

3 files changed, 0 insertions, 69 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/mount_api.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/mount_api.rst
index 47dafbb7427e..e149b89118c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/mount_api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/mount_api.rst
@@ -754,21 +754,6 @@ process the parameters it is given.
 
    * ::
 
-       bool validate_constant_table(const struct constant_table *tbl,
-				    size_t tbl_size,
-				    int low, int high, int special);
-
-     Validate a constant table.  Checks that all the elements are appropriately
-     ordered, that there are no duplicates and that the values are between low
-     and high inclusive, though provision is made for one allowable special
-     value outside of that range.  If no special value is required, special
-     should just be set to lie inside the low-to-high range.
-
-     If all is good, true is returned.  If the table is invalid, errors are
-     logged to the kernel log buffer and false is returned.
-
-   * ::
-
        bool fs_validate_description(const char *name,
                                     const struct fs_parameter_description *desc);
 
diff --git a/fs/fs_parser.c b/fs/fs_parser.c
index c5cb19788f74..c092a9f79e32 100644
--- a/fs/fs_parser.c
+++ b/fs/fs_parser.c
@@ -380,55 +380,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fs_param_is_path);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VALIDATE_FS_PARSER
 /**
- * validate_constant_table - Validate a constant table
- * @tbl: The constant table to validate.
- * @tbl_size: The size of the table.
- * @low: The lowest permissible value.
- * @high: The highest permissible value.
- * @special: One special permissible value outside of the range.
- */
-bool validate_constant_table(const struct constant_table *tbl, size_t tbl_size,
-			     int low, int high, int special)
-{
-	size_t i;
-	bool good = true;
-
-	if (tbl_size == 0) {
-		pr_warn("VALIDATE C-TBL: Empty\n");
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < tbl_size; i++) {
-		if (!tbl[i].name) {
-			pr_err("VALIDATE C-TBL[%zu]: Null\n", i);
-			good = false;
-		} else if (i > 0 && tbl[i - 1].name) {
-			int c = strcmp(tbl[i-1].name, tbl[i].name);
-
-			if (c == 0) {
-				pr_err("VALIDATE C-TBL[%zu]: Duplicate %s\n",
-				       i, tbl[i].name);
-				good = false;
-			}
-			if (c > 0) {
-				pr_err("VALIDATE C-TBL[%zu]: Missorted %s>=%s\n",
-				       i, tbl[i-1].name, tbl[i].name);
-				good = false;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (tbl[i].value != special &&
-		    (tbl[i].value < low || tbl[i].value > high)) {
-			pr_err("VALIDATE C-TBL[%zu]: %s->%d const out of range (%d-%d)\n",
-			       i, tbl[i].name, tbl[i].value, low, high);
-			good = false;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return good;
-}
-
-/**
  * fs_validate_description - Validate a parameter specification array
  * @name: Owner name of the parameter specification array
  * @desc: The parameter specification array to validate.
diff --git a/include/linux/fs_parser.h b/include/linux/fs_parser.h
index 5057faf4f091..5a0e897cae80 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs_parser.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs_parser.h
@@ -87,14 +87,9 @@ extern int lookup_constant(const struct constant_table tbl[], const char *name,
 extern const struct constant_table bool_names[];
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VALIDATE_FS_PARSER
-extern bool validate_constant_table(const struct constant_table *tbl, size_t tbl_size,
-				    int low, int high, int special);
 extern bool fs_validate_description(const char *name,
 				    const struct fs_parameter_spec *desc);
 #else
-static inline bool validate_constant_table(const struct constant_table *tbl, size_t tbl_size,
-					   int low, int high, int special)
-{ return true; }
 static inline bool fs_validate_description(const char *name,
 					   const struct fs_parameter_spec *desc)
 { return true; }