@@ -1430,10 +1430,6 @@ struct block_device *blkdev_get_by_dev(dev_t dev, fmode_t mode, void *holder)
if (ret)
return ERR_PTR(ret);
- /*
- * If we lost a race with 'disk' being deleted, try again. See md.c.
- */
-retry:
bdev = blkdev_get_no_open(dev);
if (!bdev)
return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
@@ -1480,8 +1476,6 @@ struct block_device *blkdev_get_by_dev(dev_t dev, fmode_t mode, void *holder)
disk_unblock_events(disk);
put_blkdev:
blkdev_put_no_open(bdev);
- if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
- goto retry;
return ERR_PTR(ret);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_get_by_dev);
Now that md has been cleaned up we can get rid of this hack. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> --- fs/block_dev.c | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)