linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] PM / Hibernate: swap, remove useless check from swsusp

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:06:07 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] PM / Hibernate: swap, remove useless check from swsusp_read

On Wednesday 27 January 2010, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> It will never reach here if the sws_resume_bdev is erratic.
> swsusp_read is called only from software_resume, but after
> swsusp_check which would catch the error state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>

Applied.

> ---
>  kernel/power/swap.c |    4 ----
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/power/swap.c b/kernel/power/swap.c
> index 09b2b0a..1d57573 100644
> --- a/kernel/power/swap.c
> +++ b/kernel/power/swap.c
> @@ -657,10 +657,6 @@ int swsusp_read(unsigned int *flags_p)
>  	struct swsusp_info *header;
>  
>  	*flags_p = swsusp_header->flags;
> -	if (IS_ERR(resume_bdev)) {
> -		pr_debug("PM: Image device not initialised\n");
> -		return PTR_ERR(resume_bdev);
> -	}
>  
>  	memset(&snapshot, 0, sizeof(struct snapshot_handle));
>  	error = snapshot_write_next(&snapshot, PAGE_SIZE);
> 

Rafael
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