The IDE core always sets ->dn correctly so changing it is never
required.
Setting it to a different value than assigned by IDE core is very likely
to result in data corruption (due to wrong transfer timings being set on
the controller etc.)
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/ide.h | 4 ++++
drivers/ide/ide-proc.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 06dae6438557..a254841bd315 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -945,6 +945,10 @@ ide_devset_get(_name, _field); \
ide_devset_set(_name, _field); \
IDE_DEVSET(_name, DS_SYNC, get_##_name, set_##_name)
+#define ide_devset_ro_field(_name, _field) \
+ide_devset_get(_name, _field); \
+IDE_DEVSET(_name, 0, get_##_name, NULL)
+
#define ide_devset_rw_flag(_name, _field) \
ide_devset_get_flag(_name, _field); \
ide_devset_set_flag(_name, _field); \
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c b/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
index 11a801aa92d8..15c17f3781ee 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static int set_xfer_rate (ide_drive_t *drive, int arg)
ide_devset_rw(current_speed, xfer_rate);
ide_devset_rw_field(init_speed, init_speed);
ide_devset_rw_flag(nice1, IDE_DFLAG_NICE1);
-ide_devset_rw_field(number, dn);
+ide_devset_ro_field(number, dn);
static const struct ide_proc_devset ide_generic_settings[] = {
IDE_PROC_DEVSET(current_speed, 0, 70),
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2.11.0
