Merge tag 'v3.10.9' into linux-linaro-lsk

This is the 3.10.9 stable release

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index eba5b04c29b..668394d1858 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void __init load_default_elevator_module(void)
 
 static struct kobj_type elv_ktype;
 
-static struct elevator_queue *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *q,
+struct elevator_queue *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *q,
 				  struct elevator_type *e)
 {
 	struct elevator_queue *eq;
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ err:
 	elevator_put(e);
 	return NULL;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(elevator_alloc);
 
 static void elevator_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
@@ -221,16 +222,7 @@ int elevator_init(struct request_queue *q, char *name)
 		}
 	}
 
-	q->elevator = elevator_alloc(q, e);
-	if (!q->elevator)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	err = e->ops.elevator_init_fn(q);
-	if (err) {
-		kobject_put(&q->elevator->kobj);
-		return err;
-	}
-
+	err = e->ops.elevator_init_fn(q, e);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elevator_init);
@@ -935,16 +927,9 @@ static int elevator_switch(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *new_e)
 	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
 	/* allocate, init and register new elevator */
-	err = -ENOMEM;
-	q->elevator = elevator_alloc(q, new_e);
-	if (!q->elevator)
-		goto fail_init;
-
-	err = new_e->ops.elevator_init_fn(q);
-	if (err) {
-		kobject_put(&q->elevator->kobj);
+	err = new_e->ops.elevator_init_fn(q, new_e);
+	if (err)
 		goto fail_init;
-	}
 
 	if (registered) {
 		err = elv_register_queue(q);