Merge branch 'akpm/master'

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
index 9b9f18b49918..d15f575a861b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -169,25 +169,9 @@ static struct console early_serial_console = {
 	.index =	-1,
 };
 
-/* Direct interface for emergencies */
-static struct console *early_console = &early_vga_console;
-static int __initdata early_console_initialized;
-
-asmlinkage void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	char buf[512];
-	int n;
-	va_list ap;
-
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	n = vscnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap);
-	early_console->write(early_console, buf, n);
-	va_end(ap);
-}
-
 static inline void early_console_register(struct console *con, int keep_early)
 {
-	if (early_console->index != -1) {
+	if (con->index != -1) {
 		printk(KERN_CRIT "ERROR: earlyprintk= %s already used\n",
 		       con->name);
 		return;
@@ -207,9 +191,8 @@ static int __init setup_early_printk(char *buf)
 	if (!buf)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (early_console_initialized)
+	if (early_console)
 		return 0;
-	early_console_initialized = 1;
 
 	keep = (strstr(buf, "keep") != NULL);