linux-kernel - [PATCH] Remove GENHD_FL

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Date:	Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:43:08 +1100
From:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Remove GENHD_FL_DRIVERFS



This flag is not used, so best discarded.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
--
Hi Jens,
 I came across this recently - these are the only two occurances
 of "GENHD_FL_DRIVERFS" in the kernel, so it cannot be needed.
NeilBrown


diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 83881df..a82ab3e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@ static void sd_probe_async(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
 	blk_queue_prep_rq(sdp->request_queue, sd_prep_fn);
 
 	gd->driverfs_dev = &sdp->sdev_gendev;
-	gd->flags = GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT | GENHD_FL_DRIVERFS;
+	gd->flags = GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
 	if (sdp->removable)
 		gd->flags |= GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 56b5051..5f2f4c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ struct hd_struct {
 };
 
 #define GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE			1
-#define GENHD_FL_DRIVERFS			2
+/* 2 is unused */
 #define GENHD_FL_MEDIA_CHANGE_NOTIFY		4
 #define GENHD_FL_CD				8
 #define GENHD_FL_UP				16
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