The patch titled
Subject: drivers/block/loop.c: remove unnecessary bdev argument from loop_clr_fd()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
drivers-block-loopc-remove-unnecessary-bdev-argument-from-loop_clr_fd.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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From: Ayan George <ayan@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: drivers/block/loop.c: remove unnecessary bdev argument from loop_clr_fd()
If the loop device is associated (lo->lo_state == Lo_bound), it will have
a valid bdev pointed to by lo->lo_device. There is no reason to ever pass
an additional block_device pointer.
Signed-off-by: Ayan George <ayan.george@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Phillip Susi <psusi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/block/loop.c~drivers-block-loopc-remove-unnecessary-bdev-argument-from-loop_clr_fd drivers/block/loop.c
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c~drivers-block-loopc-remove-unnecessary-bdev-argument-from-loop_clr_fd
+++ a/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1045,10 +1045,11 @@ loop_init_xfer(struct loop_device *lo, s
return err;
}
-static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev)
+static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
{
struct file *filp = lo->lo_backing_file;
gfp_t gfp = lo->old_gfp_mask;
+ struct block_device *bdev = lo->lo_device;
if (lo->lo_state != Lo_bound)
return -ENXIO;
@@ -1368,7 +1369,7 @@ static int lo_ioctl(struct block_device
break;
case LOOP_CLR_FD:
/* loop_clr_fd would have unlocked lo_ctl_mutex on success */
- err = loop_clr_fd(lo, bdev);
+ err = loop_clr_fd(lo);
if (!err)
goto out_unlocked;
break;
@@ -1588,7 +1589,7 @@ static int lo_release(struct gendisk *di
* In autoclear mode, stop the loop thread
* and remove configuration after last close.
*/
- err = loop_clr_fd(lo, lo->lo_device);
+ err = loop_clr_fd(lo);
if (!err)
goto out_unlocked;
} else {
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from ayan@xxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
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