The patch titled Subject: fs/exofs/namei.c: remove unnecessary new_valid_dev() check has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was fs-exofs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Yaowei Bai <bywxiaobai@xxxxxxx> Subject: fs/exofs/namei.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> Acked-by: Boaz Harrosh <ooo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exofs/namei.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/exofs/namei.c~fs-exofs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check fs/exofs/namei.c --- a/fs/exofs/namei.c~fs-exofs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check +++ a/fs/exofs/namei.c @@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ static int exofs_mknod(struct inode *dir struct inode *inode; int err; - if (!new_valid_dev(rdev)) - return -EINVAL; - inode = exofs_new_inode(dir, mode); err = PTR_ERR(inode); if (!IS_ERR(inode)) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from bywxiaobai@xxxxxxx are -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html