From b253637e5eed149f6e8ad7465cf97dda8bf8483a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Morgner <felix.morgner@ost.ch>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:35:15 +0200
Subject: kernel/fs: remove backing inode from mount

---
 kernel/kernel/filesystem/mount.cpp | 6 ------
 kernel/kernel/filesystem/mount.hpp | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/mount.cpp b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/mount.cpp
index 616a9dbd..7381a160 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/mount.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/mount.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
     auto [root_inode, driver_data] = *mount_result;
 
     auto instance = attach(mount_dentry, fs, root_inode, driver_data, parent_mount, source_mount);
-    instance->m_backing_inode = backing_inode;
 
     return instance;
   }
@@ -80,11 +79,6 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
     return m_filesystem;
   }
 
-  auto mount::backing_inode() const -> kstd::shared_ptr<inode> const &
-  {
-    return m_backing_inode;
-  }
-
   auto mount::root_dentry() const -> dentry_ptr const &
   {
     return m_root_dentry;
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/mount.hpp b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/mount.hpp
index e8d9cf6a..cc032874 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/mount.hpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/mount.hpp
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
     //! Get the filesystem instance being mounted.
     [[nodiscard]] auto filesystem() const -> filesystem_ptr const &;
 
-    //! Get the backing inode, if any, of this mount.
-    [[nodiscard]] auto backing_inode() const -> inode_ptr const &;
-
     //! Get the path at which the filesystem is mounted.
     [[nodiscard]] auto mount_path() const -> kstd::string;
 
@@ -102,7 +99,6 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
     dentry_ptr m_mount_dentry{};
     dentry_ptr m_root_dentry{};
     filesystem_ptr m_filesystem{};
-    inode_ptr m_backing_inode{};
     mount_ptr m_parent_mount{};
     kstd::weak_ptr<mount> m_source_mount{};
     kstd::shared_ptr<void> m_driver_data{};
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