return fs_devs;
 }
 
-static void free_device(struct btrfs_device *device)
+void btrfs_free_device(struct btrfs_device *device)
 {
        rcu_string_free(device->name);
        bio_put(device->flush_bio);
                device = list_entry(fs_devices->devices.next,
                                    struct btrfs_device, dev_list);
                list_del(&device->dev_list);
-               free_device(device);
+               btrfs_free_device(device);
        }
        kfree(fs_devices);
 }
 /*
  * Returns a pointer to a new btrfs_device on success; ERR_PTR() on error.
  * Returned struct is not linked onto any lists and must be destroyed using
- * free_device.
+ * btrfs_free_device.
  */
 static struct btrfs_device *__alloc_device(void)
 {
                        } else {
                                fs_devs->num_devices--;
                                list_del(&dev->dev_list);
-                               free_device(dev);
+                               btrfs_free_device(dev);
                        }
                }
        }
 
                name = rcu_string_strdup(path, GFP_NOFS);
                if (!name) {
-                       free_device(device);
+                       btrfs_free_device(device);
                        return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
                }
                rcu_assign_pointer(device->name, name);
                        name = rcu_string_strdup(orig_dev->name->str,
                                        GFP_KERNEL);
                        if (!name) {
-                               free_device(device);
+                               btrfs_free_device(device);
                                goto error;
                        }
                        rcu_assign_pointer(device->name, name);
                }
                list_del_init(&device->dev_list);
                fs_devices->num_devices--;
-               free_device(device);
+               btrfs_free_device(device);
        }
 
        if (fs_devices->seed) {
        struct btrfs_device *device;
 
        device = container_of(head, struct btrfs_device, rcu);
-       free_device(device);
+       btrfs_free_device(device);
 }
 
 static void btrfs_close_bdev(struct btrfs_device *device)
        if (trans)
                btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
 error_free_device:
-       free_device(device);
+       btrfs_free_device(device);
 error:
        blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_EXCL);
        if (seeding_dev && !unlocked) {
 
        name = rcu_string_strdup(device_path, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!name) {
-               free_device(device);
+               btrfs_free_device(device);
                ret = -ENOMEM;
                goto error;
        }
  *
  * Return: a pointer to a new &struct btrfs_device on success; ERR_PTR()
  * on error.  Returned struct is not linked onto any lists and must be
- * destroyed with free_device.
+ * destroyed with btrfs_free_device.
  */
 struct btrfs_device *btrfs_alloc_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
                                        const u64 *devid,
 
                ret = find_next_devid(fs_info, &tmp);
                if (ret) {
-                       free_device(dev);
+                       btrfs_free_device(dev);
                        return ERR_PTR(ret);
                }
        }