linux-kernel - [PATCH] writeback: remove redundant if check

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Date:   Mon,  7 Nov 2016 23:47:29 -0800
From:   Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
To:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] writeback: remove redundant if check

b_more_io non-empty check is already preceded by an opposite check.

Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c | 16 +++++++---------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 05713a5da083..ef600591d96f 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1769,15 +1769,13 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
 		 * we'll just busyloop.
 		 */
-		if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))  {
-			trace_writeback_wait(wb, work);
-			inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
-			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
-			/* This function drops i_lock... */
-			inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode);
-			spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
-		}
+		trace_writeback_wait(wb, work);
+		inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
+		/* This function drops i_lock... */
+		inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode);
+		spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020