1 files changed, 0 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
index 5270aeb56e9e..5c04cfb54cb9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ struct port_table_attribute {
         int                     index;
 };
 
-static inline int ibdev_is_alive(const struct ib_device *dev)
-{
-        return dev->reg_state == IB_DEV_REGISTERED;
-}
-
 static ssize_t port_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
                               struct attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
@@ -80,8 +75,6 @@ static ssize_t port_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 
         if (!port_attr->show)
                 return -EIO;
-        if (!ibdev_is_alive(p->ibdev))
-                return -ENODEV;
 
         return port_attr->show(p, port_attr, buf);
 }
@@ -562,9 +555,6 @@ static ssize_t show_node_type(struct device *device,
 {
         struct ib_device *dev = container_of(device, struct ib_device, dev);
 
-        if (!ibdev_is_alive(dev))
-                return -ENODEV;
-
         switch (dev->node_type) {
         case RDMA_NODE_IB_CA:     return sprintf(buf, "%d: CA\n", dev->node_type);
         case RDMA_NODE_RNIC:      return sprintf(buf, "%d: RNIC\n", dev->node_type);
@@ -581,9 +571,6 @@ static ssize_t show_sys_image_guid(struct device *device,
         struct ib_device_attr attr;
         ssize_t ret;
 
-        if (!ibdev_is_alive(dev))
-                return -ENODEV;
-
         ret = ib_query_device(dev, &attr);
         if (ret)
                 return ret;
@@ -600,9 +587,6 @@ static ssize_t show_node_guid(struct device *device,
 {
         struct ib_device *dev = container_of(device, struct ib_device, dev);
 
-        if (!ibdev_is_alive(dev))
-                return -ENODEV;
-
         return sprintf(buf, "%04x:%04x:%04x:%04x\n",
                        be16_to_cpu(((__be16 *) &dev->node_guid)[0]),
                        be16_to_cpu(((__be16 *) &dev->node_guid)[1]),