2 files changed, 1 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/fs/msdos/namei.c b/fs/msdos/namei.c
index 626a367bcd81..5b76ccd19e3f 100644
--- a/fs/msdos/namei.c
+++ b/fs/msdos/namei.c
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@
 #include <linux/msdos_fs.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
-/* MS-DOS "device special files" */
-static const unsigned char *reserved_names[] = {
-        "CON     ", "PRN     ", "NUL     ", "AUX     ",
-        "LPT1    ", "LPT2    ", "LPT3    ", "LPT4    ",
-        "COM1    ", "COM2    ", "COM3    ", "COM4    ",
-        NULL
-};
-
 /* Characters that are undesirable in an MS-DOS file name */
 static unsigned char bad_chars[] = "*?<>|\"";
 static unsigned char bad_if_strict_pc[] = "+=,; ";
@@ -40,7 +32,6 @@ static int msdos_format_name(const unsigned char *name, int len,
          */
 {
         unsigned char *walk;
-        const unsigned char **reserved;
         unsigned char c;
         int space;
 
@@ -127,11 +118,7 @@ static int msdos_format_name(const unsigned char *name, int len,
         }
         while (walk - res < MSDOS_NAME)
                 *walk++ = ' ';
-        if (!opts->atari)
-                /* GEMDOS is less stupid and has no reserved names */
-                for (reserved = reserved_names; *reserved; reserved++)
-                        if (!strncmp(res, *reserved, 8))
-                                return -EINVAL;
+
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/vfat/namei.c b/fs/vfat/namei.c
index ef46939c0c1a..a56cec3be5f0 100644
--- a/fs/vfat/namei.c
+++ b/fs/vfat/namei.c
@@ -185,24 +185,6 @@ static int vfat_valid_longname(const unsigned char *name, unsigned int len)
                 return -EINVAL;
         if (len >= 256)
                 return -ENAMETOOLONG;
-
-        /* MS-DOS "device special files" */
-        if (len == 3 || (len > 3 && name[3] == '.')) {  /* basename == 3 */
-                if (!strnicmp(name, "aux", 3) ||
-                    !strnicmp(name, "con", 3) ||
-                    !strnicmp(name, "nul", 3) ||
-                    !strnicmp(name, "prn", 3))
-                        return -EINVAL;
-        }
-        if (len == 4 || (len > 4 && name[4] == '.')) {  /* basename == 4 */
-                /* "com1", "com2", ... */
-                if ('1' <= name[3] && name[3] <= '9') {
-                        if (!strnicmp(name, "com", 3) ||
-                            !strnicmp(name, "lpt", 3))
-                                return -EINVAL;
-                }
-        }
-
         return 0;
 }