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-rw-r--r--block/blk-core.c10
-rw-r--r--block/compat_ioctl.c4
-rw-r--r--block/ioctl.c4
-rw-r--r--fs/block_dev.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/btrfs/disk-io.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/blkdev.h2
7 files changed, 5 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 93603e6..8174461 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -83,18 +83,14 @@ void blk_queue_congestion_threshold(struct request_queue *q)
* @bdev: device
*
* Locates the passed device's request queue and returns the address of its
- * backing_dev_info
- *
- * Will return NULL if the request queue cannot be located.
+ * backing_dev_info. This function can only be called if @bdev is opened
+ * and the return value is never NULL.
*/
struct backing_dev_info *blk_get_backing_dev_info(struct block_device *bdev)
{
- struct backing_dev_info *ret = NULL;
struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
- if (q)
- ret = &q->backing_dev_info;
- return ret;
+ return &q->backing_dev_info;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_get_backing_dev_info);
diff --git a/block/compat_ioctl.c b/block/compat_ioctl.c
index 18b282c..f678c73 100644
--- a/block/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -709,8 +709,6 @@ long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
if (!arg)
return -EINVAL;
bdi = blk_get_backing_dev_info(bdev);
- if (bdi == NULL)
- return -ENOTTY;
return compat_put_long(arg,
(bdi->ra_pages * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) / 512);
case BLKROGET: /* compatible */
@@ -731,8 +729,6 @@ long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EACCES;
bdi = blk_get_backing_dev_info(bdev);
- if (bdi == NULL)
- return -ENOTTY;
bdi->ra_pages = (arg * 512) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
return 0;
case BLKGETSIZE:
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index d6cda81..6c7bf90 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -356,8 +356,6 @@ int blkdev_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned cmd,
if (!arg)
return -EINVAL;
bdi = blk_get_backing_dev_info(bdev);
- if (bdi == NULL)
- return -ENOTTY;
return put_long(arg, (bdi->ra_pages * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) / 512);
case BLKROGET:
return put_int(arg, bdev_read_only(bdev) != 0);
@@ -386,8 +384,6 @@ int blkdev_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned cmd,
if(!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EACCES;
bdi = blk_get_backing_dev_info(bdev);
- if (bdi == NULL)
- return -ENOTTY;
bdi->ra_pages = (arg * 512) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
return 0;
case BLKBSZSET:
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 6d72746..d3251ec 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1173,8 +1173,6 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
if (!ret) {
bd_set_size(bdev,(loff_t)get_capacity(disk)<<9);
bdi = blk_get_backing_dev_info(bdev);
- if (bdi == NULL)
- bdi = &default_backing_dev_info;
bdev_inode_switch_bdi(bdev->bd_inode, bdi);
}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index d0ed9e6..39ff591 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@ static int btrfs_congested_fn(void *congested_data, int bdi_bits)
if (!device->bdev)
continue;
bdi = blk_get_backing_dev_info(device->bdev);
- if (bdi && bdi_congested(bdi, bdi_bits)) {
+ if (bdi_congested(bdi, bdi_bits)) {
ret = 1;
break;
}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index cd7b8ca..497fcde 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1678,8 +1678,6 @@ xfs_alloc_buftarg(
btp->bt_dev = bdev->bd_dev;
btp->bt_bdev = bdev;
btp->bt_bdi = blk_get_backing_dev_info(bdev);
- if (!btp->bt_bdi)
- goto error;
if (xfs_setsize_buftarg_early(btp, bdev))
goto error;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 518b465..e267bf0 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ extern void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *,
static inline struct request_queue *bdev_get_queue(struct block_device *bdev)
{
- return bdev->bd_disk->queue;
+ return bdev->bd_disk->queue; /* this is never NULL */
}
/*
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