linux-kernel - [PATCH] block: update locking context for blk_free

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Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:35:57 +0400
From:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	axboe@...com, keith.busch@...el.com,
	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
Subject: [PATCH] block: update locking context for blk_free_devt

After 2da78092 this function will not longer sleepy

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
---
 block/genhd.c |    4 +---
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 09da5e4..ae9aaa5 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -441,12 +441,10 @@ int blk_alloc_devt(struct hd_struct *part, dev_t *devt)
  * Free @devt which was allocated using blk_alloc_devt().
  *
  * CONTEXT:
- * Might sleep.
+ * Don't care.
  */
 void blk_free_devt(dev_t devt)
 {
-	might_sleep();
-
 	if (devt == MKDEV(0, 0))
 		return;
 
-- 
1.7.1

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