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-rw-r--r--block/ioctl.c7
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index c722de0ef2ee..eb046aeede8a 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -43,12 +43,9 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
|| pstart < 0 || plength < 0)
return -EINVAL;
}
- /* partition number in use? */
+
mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
- if (disk->part[part - 1]) {
- mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
- return -EBUSY;
- }
+
/* overlap? */
for (i = 0; i < disk->minors - 1; i++) {
struct hd_struct *s = disk->part[i];