New_valid_dev() always returns true, so that's unnecessary to perform new_valid_dev() checks in some filesystems. Most checks of new_valid_dev() have been removed so let's drop this last one and then we can remove new_valid_dev() from the source code. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Yaowei Bai <baiyaowei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/stat.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c index d4a61d8..bc045c7 100644 --- a/fs/stat.c +++ b/fs/stat.c @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fstat, unsigned int, fd, struct __old_kernel_stat __user *, stat # define choose_32_64(a,b) b #endif -#define valid_dev(x) choose_32_64(old_valid_dev,new_valid_dev)(x) +#define valid_dev(x) choose_32_64(old_valid_dev(x),true) #define encode_dev(x) choose_32_64(old_encode_dev,new_encode_dev)(x) #ifndef INIT_STRUCT_STAT_PADDING -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html