Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:17:52 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/9] aio: remove an outdated comment in aio_complete |
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On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 10:14:20AM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > > diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c > > index 03d59593912d..41fc8ce6bc7f 100644 > > --- a/fs/aio.c > > +++ b/fs/aio.c > > @@ -1088,6 +1088,8 @@ static void aio_complete(struct kiocb *kiocb, long res, long res2) > > unsigned tail, pos, head; > > unsigned long flags; > > > > + BUG_ON(is_sync_kiocb(kiocb)); > > Is this BUG_ON even needed anymore? Does it ever trip in any "regular" > use, or is it only there for when a developer does something dumb? If > "dumb", then we should keep it, otherwise we might be able to just drop > it.
Probably not event needed anymore. is_sync_kiocb checks that ki_complete is non-NULL, and aio_complete is static in aio.c now, so it is almost impossibly to hit.
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