1 files changed, 5 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
index 53e848c10939..436f5c9b6aea 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ static int linear_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	struct linear_c *lc;
 	unsigned long long tmp;
 	char dummy;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (argc != 2) {
 		ti->error = "Invalid argument count";
@@ -42,13 +43,15 @@ static int linear_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	ret = -EINVAL;
 	if (sscanf(argv[1], "%llu%c", &tmp, &dummy) != 1) {
 		ti->error = "dm-linear: Invalid device sector";
 		goto bad;
 	}
 	lc->start = tmp;
 
-	if (dm_get_device(ti, argv[0], dm_table_get_mode(ti->table), &lc->dev)) {
+	ret = dm_get_device(ti, argv[0], dm_table_get_mode(ti->table), &lc->dev);
+	if (ret) {
 		ti->error = "dm-linear: Device lookup failed";
 		goto bad;
 	}
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ static int linear_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 
       bad:
 	kfree(lc);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void linear_dtr(struct dm_target *ti)
@@ -130,21 +133,6 @@ static int linear_ioctl(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int cmd,
 	return r ? : __blkdev_driver_ioctl(dev->bdev, dev->mode, cmd, arg);
 }
 
-static int linear_merge(struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-			struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size)
-{
-	struct linear_c *lc = ti->private;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(lc->dev->bdev);
-
-	if (!q->merge_bvec_fn)
-		return max_size;
-
-	bvm->bi_bdev = lc->dev->bdev;
-	bvm->bi_sector = linear_map_sector(ti, bvm->bi_sector);
-
-	return min(max_size, q->merge_bvec_fn(q, bvm, biovec));
-}
-
 static int linear_iterate_devices(struct dm_target *ti,
 				  iterate_devices_callout_fn fn, void *data)
 {
@@ -162,7 +150,6 @@ static struct target_type linear_target = {
 	.map    = linear_map,
 	.status = linear_status,
 	.ioctl  = linear_ioctl,
-	.merge  = linear_merge,
 	.iterate_devices = linear_iterate_devices,
 };