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-rw-r--r--drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c38
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c
index 02837d0ad942..90f30cc31561 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c
@@ -203,9 +203,7 @@ static int
dasd_format(struct dasd_block *block, struct format_data_t *fdata)
{
struct dasd_device *base;
- int enable_pav = 1;
- int rc, retries;
- int start, stop;
+ int rc;
base = block->base;
if (base->discipline->format_device == NULL)
@@ -233,30 +231,11 @@ dasd_format(struct dasd_block *block, struct format_data_t *fdata)
bdput(bdev);
}
- retries = 255;
- /* backup start- and endtrack for retries */
- start = fdata->start_unit;
- stop = fdata->stop_unit;
- do {
- rc = base->discipline->format_device(base, fdata, enable_pav);
- if (rc) {
- if (rc == -EAGAIN) {
- retries--;
- /* disable PAV in case of errors */
- enable_pav = 0;
- fdata->start_unit = start;
- fdata->stop_unit = stop;
- } else
- return rc;
- } else
- /* success */
- break;
- } while (retries);
-
- if (!retries)
- return -EIO;
- else
- return 0;
+ rc = base->discipline->format_device(base, fdata, 1);
+ if (rc == -EAGAIN)
+ rc = base->discipline->format_device(base, fdata, 0);
+
+ return rc;
}
/*
@@ -286,9 +265,8 @@ dasd_ioctl_format(struct block_device *bdev, void __user *argp)
return -EFAULT;
}
if (bdev != bdev->bd_contains) {
- pr_warning("%s: The specified DASD is a partition and cannot "
- "be formatted\n",
- dev_name(&base->cdev->dev));
+ pr_warn("%s: The specified DASD is a partition and cannot be formatted\n",
+ dev_name(&base->cdev->dev));
dasd_put_device(base);
return -EINVAL;
}