The patch titled Subject: fs/ext2/namei.c: remove unnecessary new_valid_dev() check has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was fs-ext2-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/ext2/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> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext2/namei.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext2/namei.c~fs-ext2-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check fs/ext2/namei.c --- a/fs/ext2/namei.c~fs-ext2-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check +++ a/fs/ext2/namei.c @@ -143,9 +143,6 @@ static int ext2_mknod (struct inode * di struct inode * inode; int err; - if (!new_valid_dev(rdev)) - return -EINVAL; - err = dquot_initialize(dir); if (err) return err; _ 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