Revert "block: implement blkdev_readpages"
This reverts commit db2dbb12dc47a50c7a4c5678f526014063e486f6.
It apparently causes problems with partition table read-ahead
on archs with large page sizes. Until that problem is diagnosed
further, just drop the readpages support on block devices.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index a29b4dc..2dfc6cd 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -331,12 +331,6 @@
return block_read_full_page(page, blkdev_get_block);
}
-static int blkdev_readpages(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
- struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages)
-{
- return mpage_readpages(mapping, pages, nr_pages, blkdev_get_block);
-}
-
static int blkdev_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
@@ -1405,7 +1399,6 @@
static const struct address_space_operations def_blk_aops = {
.readpage = blkdev_readpage,
- .readpages = blkdev_readpages,
.writepage = blkdev_writepage,
.sync_page = block_sync_page,
.write_begin = blkdev_write_begin,