md: dead code in md_alloc()

From
Andrey Ryabinin <hidden>
Date
2018-09-20 16:03:41
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Hi,
Kirill noticed that the following piece of code from md_alloc(dev, name)
is dead:
	if (name && dev)
		/*
		 * Creating /dev/mdNNN via "newarray", so adjust hold_active.
		 */
		mddev->hold_active = UNTIL_STOP;

md_alloc() is always called with either dev == 0 or name == NULL.

Judging from the commit that added this code:

039b7225e6e98783a7a7e79c52b29c437f29967d
Author: NeilBrown [off-list ref]
Date:   Wed Apr 12 16:26:13 2017 +1000

    md: allow creation of mdNNN arrays via md_mod/parameters/new_array

and from the comment, it seems should be "if (!name && dev)".
But that would also change ->hold_active for created-by-open md devices,
and I'm not sure whether that would be a desirable change or not.
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