---

yaml
---
r: 248671
b: refs/heads/master
c: 32ad3a7
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  248669: b201dfc
  248667: 698ff5d
  248663: f33c121
  248655: f19f3f5
  248639: 97c2811
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0ad7c9af3e1cbb97082062266705d6cb5fb207ee
+refs/heads/master: 32ad3a77b256948a326c3f68db6acaad2b6953e7

trunk/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c

@@ -1529,15 +1529,6 @@ static int uart_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 	BUG_ON(!tty_locked());
 	pr_debug("uart_open(%d) called\n", line);
 
-	/*
-	 * tty->driver->num won't change, so we won't fail here with
-	 * tty->driver_data set to something non-NULL (and therefore
-	 * we won't get caught by uart_close()).
-	 */
-	retval = -ENODEV;
-	if (line >= tty->driver->num)
-		goto fail;
-
 	/*
 	 * We take the semaphore inside uart_get to guarantee that we won't
 	 * be re-entered while allocating the state structure, or while we