linux-kernel - [PATCH 19/19] block: remove check_disk

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Date:   Wed,  2 Sep 2020 16:12:18 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>, Tim Waugh <tim@...erelk.net>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>,
        Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>,
        linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 19/19] block: remove check_disk_change

Remove the now unused check_disk_change helper.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
---
 fs/block_dev.c        | 20 --------------------
 include/linux/genhd.h |  1 -
 2 files changed, 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 37cb809b217926..c6baae5b85060c 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1339,26 +1339,6 @@ void revalidate_disk_size(struct gendisk *disk, bool verbose)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(revalidate_disk_size);
 
-/*
- * This routine checks whether a removable media has been changed,
- * and invalidates all buffer-cache-entries in that case. This
- * is a relatively slow routine, so we have to try to minimize using
- * it. Thus it is called only upon a 'mount' or 'open'. This
- * is the best way of combining speed and utility, I think.
- * People changing diskettes in the middle of an operation deserve
- * to lose :-)
- */
-int check_disk_change(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
-	if (!bdev_check_media_change(bdev))
-		return 0;
-	if (bdev->bd_disk->fops->revalidate_disk)
-		bdev->bd_disk->fops->revalidate_disk(bdev->bd_disk);
-	return 1;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(check_disk_change);
-
 void bd_set_nr_sectors(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sectors)
 {
 	spin_lock(&bdev->bd_size_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 322d48a207728a..1c97cf84f011a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name);
 void unregister_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name);
 
 void revalidate_disk_size(struct gendisk *disk, bool verbose);
-int check_disk_change(struct block_device *bdev);
 bool bdev_check_media_change(struct block_device *bdev);
 int __invalidate_device(struct block_device *bdev, bool kill_dirty);
 void bd_set_nr_sectors(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sectors);
-- 
2.28.0