@@ -1672,26 +1672,6 @@ static void create_kdump_vmcore(DumpState *s, Error **errp)
}
}
-static int validate_start_block(DumpState *s)
-{
- GuestPhysBlock *block;
-
- if (!dump_has_filter(s)) {
- return 0;
- }
-
- QTAILQ_FOREACH(block, &s->guest_phys_blocks.head, next) {
- /* This block is out of the range */
- if (block->target_start >= s->filter_area_begin + s->filter_area_length ||
- block->target_end <= s->filter_area_begin) {
- continue;
- }
- return 0;
- }
-
- return -1;
-}
-
static void get_max_mapnr(DumpState *s)
{
GuestPhysBlock *last_block;
@@ -1839,12 +1819,6 @@ static void dump_init(DumpState *s, int fd, bool has_format,
goto cleanup;
}
- /* Is the filter filtering everything? */
- if (validate_start_block(s) == -1) {
- error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, "begin");
- goto cleanup;
- }
-
/* get dump info: endian, class and architecture.
* If the target architecture is not supported, cpu_get_dump_info() will
* return -1.