@@ -777,8 +777,7 @@ static struct request *attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q,
if (req_op(req) != req_op(next))
return NULL;
- if (rq_data_dir(req) != rq_data_dir(next)
- || req->rq_disk != next->rq_disk)
+ if (rq_data_dir(req) != rq_data_dir(next))
return NULL;
if (req_op(req) == REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME &&
@@ -905,10 +904,6 @@ bool blk_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
if (bio_data_dir(bio) != rq_data_dir(rq))
return false;
- /* must be same device */
- if (rq->rq_disk != bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk)
- return false;
-
/* only merge integrity protected bio into ditto rq */
if (blk_integrity_merge_bio(rq->q, rq, bio) == false)
return false;
There is a 1:1 relationship between request_queues and gendisks now, so no need for these extra checks. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> --- block/blk-merge.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)