The patch titled Subject: fs/hpfs/namei.c: remove unnecessary new_valid_dev() check has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was fs-hpfs-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/hpfs/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: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/hpfs/namei.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/hpfs/namei.c~fs-hpfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check fs/hpfs/namei.c --- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c~fs-hpfs-remove-unnecessary-new_valid_dev-check +++ a/fs/hpfs/namei.c @@ -227,8 +227,6 @@ static int hpfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, int err; if ((err = hpfs_chk_name(name, &len))) return err==-ENOENT ? -EINVAL : err; if (hpfs_sb(dir->i_sb)->sb_eas < 2) return -EPERM; - if (!new_valid_dev(rdev)) - return -EINVAL; hpfs_lock(dir->i_sb); err = -ENOSPC; fnode = hpfs_alloc_fnode(dir->i_sb, hpfs_i(dir)->i_dno, &fno, &bh); _ 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