1 files changed, 0 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/ub.c b/drivers/block/ub.c
index 3e7689494c66..26aa96eba439 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ub.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ub.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  * and is not licensed separately. See file COPYING for details.
  *
  * TODO (sorted by decreasing priority)
- *  -- Kill first_open (Al Viro fixed the block layer now)
  *  -- set readonly flag for CDs, set removable flag for CF readers
  *  -- do inquiry and verify we got a disk and not a tape (for LUN mismatch)
  *  -- special case some senses, e.g. 3a/0 -> no media present, reduce retries
@@ -334,7 +333,6 @@ struct ub_lun {
         int changed;                    /* Media was changed */
         int removable;
         int readonly;
-        int first_open;                 /* Kludge. See ub_bd_open. */
 
         struct ub_request urq;
 
@@ -1849,26 +1847,6 @@ static int ub_bd_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
         sc->openc++;
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ub_lock, flags);
 
-        /*
-         * This is a workaround for a specific problem in our block layer.
-         * In 2.6.9, register_disk duplicates the code from rescan_partitions.
-         * However, if we do add_disk with a device which persistently reports
-         * a changed media, add_disk calls register_disk, which does do_open,
-         * which will call rescan_paritions for changed media. After that,
-         * register_disk attempts to do it all again and causes double kobject
-         * registration and a eventually an oops on module removal.
-         *
-         * The bottom line is, Al Viro says that we should not allow
-         * bdev->bd_invalidated to be set when doing add_disk no matter what.
-         */
-        if (lun->first_open) {
-                lun->first_open = 0;
-                if (lun->changed) {
-                        rc = -ENOMEDIUM;
-                        goto err_open;
-                }
-        }
-
         if (lun->removable || lun->readonly)
                 check_disk_change(inode->i_bdev);
 
@@ -2537,7 +2515,6 @@ static int ub_probe_lun(struct ub_dev *sc, int lnum)
 
         lun->removable = 1;             /* XXX Query this from the device */
         lun->changed = 1;               /* ub_revalidate clears only */
-        lun->first_open = 1;
         ub_revalidate(sc, lun);
 
         rc = -ENOMEM;