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authorChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>2020-03-27 09:30:12 +0100
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2020-03-27 10:23:44 -0600
commitf01b411f41f91fc3196eae4317cf8b4d872830a6 (patch)
tree2648343bfa04a56b112c7589ddbc355c8b42ebfb /block
parent3d745ea5b095a3985129e162900b7e6c22518a9d (diff)
downloadlinux-f01b411f41f91fc3196eae4317cf8b4d872830a6.tar.gz
Revert "blkdev: check for valid request queue before issuing flush"
This reverts commit f10d9f617a65905c556c3b37c9b9646ae7d04ed7.

We can't have queues without a make_request_fn any more (and the
loop device uses blk-mq these days anyway..).

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'block')
-rw-r--r--block/blk-flush.c9
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index 843d25683691..c7f396e3d5e2 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -454,15 +454,6 @@ int blkdev_issue_flush(struct block_device *bdev, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	if (!q)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
-	/*
-	 * some block devices may not have their queue correctly set up here
-	 * (e.g. loop device without a backing file) and so issuing a flush
-	 * here will panic. Ensure there is a request function before issuing
-	 * the flush.
-	 */
-	if (!q->make_request_fn)
-		return -ENXIO;
-
 	bio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask, 0);
 	bio_set_dev(bio, bdev);
 	bio->bi_opf = REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_PREFLUSH;