1 files changed, 2 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c
index bec3803f0618..417eca79df69 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ static ssize_t scanlog_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
         dp = PDE(inode);
         data = (unsigned int *)dp->data;
 
-        if (!data) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR "scanlog: read failed no data\n");
-                return -EIO;
-        }
-
         if (count > RTAS_DATA_BUF_SIZE)
                 count = RTAS_DATA_BUF_SIZE;
 
@@ -146,11 +141,6 @@ static int scanlog_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
         struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(inode);
         unsigned int *data = (unsigned int *)dp->data;
 
-        if (!data) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR "scanlog: open failed no data\n");
-                return -EIO;
-        }
-
         if (data[0] != 0) {
                 /* This imperfect test stops a second copy of the
                  * data (or a reset while data is being copied)
@@ -168,10 +158,6 @@ static int scanlog_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
         struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(inode);
         unsigned int *data = (unsigned int *)dp->data;
 
-        if (!data) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR "scanlog: release failed no data\n");
-                return -EIO;
-        }
         data[0] = 0;
 
         return 0;
@@ -200,12 +186,11 @@ static int __init scanlog_init(void)
         if (!data)
                 goto err;
 
-        ent = proc_create("ppc64/rtas/scan-log-dump", S_IRUSR, NULL,
-                          &scanlog_fops);
+        ent = proc_create_data("ppc64/rtas/scan-log-dump", S_IRUSR, NULL,
+                               &scanlog_fops, data);
         if (!ent)
                 goto err;
 
-        ent->data = data;
         proc_ppc64_scan_log_dump = ent;
 
         return 0;