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authorMarcelo Tosatti2005-12-05 10:15:06 +0000
committerRussell King2005-12-05 10:15:06 +0000
commit9ddf61bd09a7668279d2b208a96eba784bec3d80 (patch)
tree55116fe3e45703ca7d45f4400ac3ced091537632 /drivers/char
parentdb20da32a22ccfa3a118408034eeb0ba61a42329 (diff)
[ARM SMP] mpcore_wdt bogus fpos check
drivers/char/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c write function contains a check for (ppos != &file->f_pos). Such check used to make sense when a pointer to file->f_pos was handed by vfs_write(), not a copy of it as it stands now. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c4
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c b/drivers/char/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c
index 9defcf861b67..b4d843489881 100644
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c
@@ -180,10 +180,6 @@ static ssize_t mpcore_wdt_write(struct file *file, const char *data, size_t len,
{
struct mpcore_wdt *wdt = file->private_data;
- /* Can't seek (pwrite) on this device */
- if (ppos != &file->f_pos)
- return -ESPIPE;
-
/*
* Refresh the timer.
*/