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Diffstat (limited to 'block/bdev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | block/bdev.c | 40 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c index e1149652c5328..4003f8e1782a4 100644 --- a/block/bdev.c +++ b/block/bdev.c @@ -1004,46 +1004,6 @@ struct file *bdev_file_open_by_path(const char *path, blk_mode_t mode, } EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdev_file_open_by_path); -/** - * bdev_open_by_path - open a block device by name - * @path: path to the block device to open - * @mode: open mode (BLK_OPEN_*) - * @holder: exclusive holder identifier - * @hops: holder operations - * - * Open the block device described by the device file at @path. If @holder is - * not %NULL, the block device is opened with exclusive access. Exclusive opens - * may nest for the same @holder. - * - * CONTEXT: - * Might sleep. - * - * RETURNS: - * Handle with a reference to the block_device on success, ERR_PTR(-errno) on - * failure. - */ -struct bdev_handle *bdev_open_by_path(const char *path, blk_mode_t mode, - void *holder, const struct blk_holder_ops *hops) -{ - struct bdev_handle *handle; - dev_t dev; - int error; - - error = lookup_bdev(path, &dev); - if (error) - return ERR_PTR(error); - - handle = bdev_open_by_dev(dev, mode, holder, hops); - if (!IS_ERR(handle) && (mode & BLK_OPEN_WRITE) && - bdev_read_only(handle->bdev)) { - bdev_release(handle); - return ERR_PTR(-EACCES); - } - - return handle; -} -EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdev_open_by_path); - void bdev_release(struct bdev_handle *handle) { struct block_device *bdev = handle->bdev; |