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;
 	}