Dont touch fs_struct in drivers

The sound drivers and the pnpbios core test for current->root != NULL.  This
test seems to be unnecessary since we always have rootfs mounted before
initializing the drivers.

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@suse.de>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

4 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c
index f97c1ba43a28..47cfa5186e34 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c
@@ -149,13 +149,13 @@ struct snd_seq_client *snd_seq_client_use_ptr(int clientid)
         }
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&clients_lock, flags);
 #ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
-        if (!in_interrupt() && current->fs->root) {
+        if (!in_interrupt()) {
                 static char client_requested[SNDRV_SEQ_GLOBAL_CLIENTS];
                 static char card_requested[SNDRV_CARDS];
                 if (clientid < SNDRV_SEQ_GLOBAL_CLIENTS) {
                         int idx;
                         
-                        if (! client_requested[clientid] && current->fs->root) {
+                        if (!client_requested[clientid]) {
                                 client_requested[clientid] = 1;
                                 for (idx = 0; idx < 15; idx++) {
                                         if (seq_client_load[idx] < 0)
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_device.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_device.c
index 155dc7da4722..2f00ad28a2b7 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_device.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_device.c
@@ -149,9 +149,6 @@ void snd_seq_device_load_drivers(void)
         if (snd_seq_in_init)
                 return;
 
-        if (! current->fs->root)
-                return;
-
         mutex_lock(&ops_mutex);
         list_for_each_entry(ops, &opslist, list) {
                 if (! (ops->driver & DRIVER_LOADED) &&
diff --git a/sound/core/sound.c b/sound/core/sound.c
index 00cca4d6e562..812f91b3de5b 100644
--- a/sound/core/sound.c
+++ b/sound/core/sound.c
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(sound_mutex);
  */
 void snd_request_card(int card)
 {
-        if (! current->fs->root)
-                return;
         if (snd_card_locked(card))
                 return;
         if (card < 0 || card >= cards_limit)
@@ -86,8 +84,6 @@ static void snd_request_other(int minor)
 {
         char *str;
 
-        if (! current->fs->root)
-                return;
         switch (minor) {
         case SNDRV_MINOR_SEQUENCER:     str = "snd-seq";        break;
         case SNDRV_MINOR_TIMER:         str = "snd-timer";      break;
diff --git a/sound/core/timer.c b/sound/core/timer.c
index aece465934b8..9d8184a2c2d0 100644
--- a/sound/core/timer.c
+++ b/sound/core/timer.c
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ static struct snd_timer *snd_timer_find(struct snd_timer_id *tid)
 
 static void snd_timer_request(struct snd_timer_id *tid)
 {
-        if (! current->fs->root)
-                return;
         switch (tid->dev_class) {
         case SNDRV_TIMER_CLASS_GLOBAL:
                 if (tid->device < timer_limit)