From 28f65708a57395799781f5c44863b50f99facbf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yaowei Bai Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 14:58:58 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] fs/stat.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 Cc: Alexander Viro Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/stat.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c index cccc1aa..d4a61d8 100644 --- a/fs/stat.c +++ b/fs/stat.c @@ -367,8 +367,6 @@ static long cp_new_stat64(struct kstat *stat, struct stat64 __user *statbuf) INIT_STRUCT_STAT64_PADDING(tmp); #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS /* mips has weird padding, so we don't get 64 bits there */ - if (!new_valid_dev(stat->dev) || !new_valid_dev(stat->rdev)) - return -EOVERFLOW; tmp.st_dev = new_encode_dev(stat->dev); tmp.st_rdev = new_encode_dev(stat->rdev); #else -- 2.7.4