--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.6.19.2/block/ll_rw_blk.c	2007-01-10 19:10:37.000000000 +0000
+++ davinci-8020-5505/linux-2.6.19.2/block/ll_rw_blk.c	2007-01-11 07:38:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -2999,7 +2999,6 @@
 {
 	request_queue_t *q;
 	sector_t maxsector;
-	sector_t old_sector;
 	int ret, nr_sectors = bio_sectors(bio);
 	dev_t old_dev;
 
@@ -3028,7 +3027,7 @@
 	 * NOTE: we don't repeat the blk_size check for each new device.
 	 * Stacking drivers are expected to know what they are doing.
 	 */
-	old_sector = -1;
+	maxsector = -1;
 	old_dev = 0;
 	do {
 		char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
@@ -3062,31 +3061,15 @@
 		 */
 		blk_partition_remap(bio);
 
-		if (old_sector != -1)
+		if (maxsector != -1)
 			blk_add_trace_remap(q, bio, old_dev, bio->bi_sector, 
-					    old_sector);
+					    maxsector);
 
 		blk_add_trace_bio(q, bio, BLK_TA_QUEUE);
 
-		old_sector = bio->bi_sector;
+		maxsector = bio->bi_sector;
 		old_dev = bio->bi_bdev->bd_dev;
 
-		maxsector = bio->bi_bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9;
-		if (maxsector) {
-			sector_t sector = bio->bi_sector;
-
-			if (maxsector < nr_sectors ||
-					maxsector - nr_sectors < sector) {
-				/*
-				 * This may well happen - partitions are not
-				 * checked to make sure they are within the size
-				 * of the whole device.
-				 */
-				handle_bad_sector(bio);
-				goto end_io;
-			}
-		}
-
 		ret = q->make_request_fn(q, bio);
 	} while (ret);
 }