[RFC] pstore-ram: remove superfluous memory size check

[Kiran Raparthy]

From: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxx>

pstore-ram: remove superfluous memory size check

All previous checks will fail with error if memory size
is not sufficient to register a zone, so this legacy
check has become redundant.

Cc: Anton Vorontsov <anton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
[Kiran: Added Context]
Signed-off-by: Kiran Raparthy <kumarsharma.r@xxxxxxxxx>

---
This is one of the number of patches from the Android AOSP common.git tree,
which is used on Android devices. I wanted to submit it for review
to see if it should go upstream.

 fs/pstore/ram.c | 9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index 8613e5b..34ed8f8 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -474,14 +474,6 @@ static int ramoops_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (err)
 		goto fail_init_fprz;
 
-	if (!cxt->przs && !cxt->cprz && !cxt->fprz) {
-		pr_err("memory size too small, minimum is %zu\n",
-			cxt->console_size + cxt->record_size +
-			cxt->ftrace_size);
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto fail_cnt;
-	}
-
 	cxt->pstore.data = cxt;
 	/*
 	 * Console can handle any buffer size, so prefer LOG_LINE_MAX. If we
@@ -525,7 +517,6 @@ fail_buf:
 	kfree(cxt->pstore.buf);
 fail_clear:
 	cxt->pstore.bufsize = 0;
-fail_cnt:
 	kfree(cxt->fprz);
 fail_init_fprz:
 	kfree(cxt->cprz);
-- 
1.8.2.1

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