block: update add_partition() error handling

[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / block / ioctl.c

diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index c722de0..eb046ae 100644 (file)
--- 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];