linux-ext4 - [RFC PATCH V2 05/12] fs: remove unneeded IS

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Date:   Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:29:35 -0800
From:   ira.weiny@...el.com
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH V2 05/12] fs: remove unneeded IS_DAX() check

From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>

The IS_DAX() check in io_is_direct() causes a race between changing the
DAX mode and creating the iocb flags.

Remove the check because DAX now emulates the page cache API and
therefore it does not matter if the file mode is DAX or not when the
iocb flags are created.

Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
---
 include/linux/fs.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index d7584bcef5d3..e11989502eac 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3365,7 +3365,7 @@ extern int file_update_time(struct file *file);
 
 static inline bool io_is_direct(struct file *filp)
 {
-	return (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT) || IS_DAX(filp->f_mapping->host);
+	return (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT);
 }
 
 static inline bool vma_is_dax(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-- 
2.21.0