Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / fs / 9p / vfs_inode_dotl.c
index e8aa57dc8d6dff5a7a46899d2ba94a4ec0b715b1..cb899af1babc3bf42b48a6064d7f9345ae0bb4a8 100644 (file)
@@ -829,9 +829,6 @@ v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t omode,
                 dir->i_ino, dentry, omode,
                 MAJOR(rdev), MINOR(rdev));
 
-       if (!new_valid_dev(rdev))
-               return -EINVAL;
-
        v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
        dir_dentry = dentry->d_parent;
        dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dir_dentry);