The patch titled
Subject: fs/ncpfs/dir.c: remove unnecessary new_valid_dev() check
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
fs-ncpfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fs-ncpfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/fs-ncpfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
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From: Yaowei Bai <bywxiaobai@xxxxxxx>
Subject: fs/ncpfs/dir.c: remove unnecessary new_valid_dev() check
new_valid_dev() always returns 1, so the !new_valid_dev() check is not
needed. Remove it.
Signed-off-by: Yaowei Bai <bywxiaobai@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Petr Vandrovec <petr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ncpfs/dir.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/ncpfs/dir.c~fs-ncpfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check fs/ncpfs/dir.c
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c~fs-ncpfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check
+++ a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -1165,8 +1165,6 @@ out:
static int ncp_mknod(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry,
umode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
{
- if (!new_valid_dev(rdev))
- return -EINVAL;
if (ncp_is_nfs_extras(NCP_SERVER(dir), NCP_FINFO(dir)->volNumber)) {
ncp_dbg(1, "mode = 0%ho\n", mode);
return ncp_create_new(dir, dentry, mode, rdev, 0);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from bywxiaobai@xxxxxxx are
kernel-watchdog-is_hardlockup-can-be-boolean.patch
mm-page_alloc-remove-unused-parameter-in-init_currently_empty_zone.patch
mm-vmscan-make-inactive_anon_is_low_global-return-directly.patch
mm-oom_kill-introduce-is_sysrq_oom-helper.patch
mm-compaction-add-an-is_via_compact_memory-helper-function.patch
mm-vmscan-make-inactive_anon-file_is_low-return-bool.patch
mm-memcontrol-make-mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low-return-bool.patch
fs-kdev_t-remove-unused-huge_valid_dev-function.patch
fs-kdev_t-old-new_valid_dev-can-be-boolean.patch
fs-vfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
fs-btrfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
fs-exofs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
fs-ext2-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
fs-ext4-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
fs-f2fs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
fs-hpfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
fs-jfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
fs-ncpfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
fs-nfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
fs-nilfs2-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
fs-reiserfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
fs-stat-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
fs-ubifs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch
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