linux-ext4 - [PATCH 09/13] fs: drop redundant checks from __writeback_single

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Date:   Mon,  4 Jan 2021 16:54:48 -0800
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] fs: drop redundant checks from __writeback_single_inode()

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

I_DIRTY_TIME and I_DIRTY_INODE are mutually exclusive in i_state.  So
after seeing that I_DIRTY_TIME is set, there's no point in checking for
I_DIRTY_INODE, as it must be clear.

Separately, wbc->for_sync implies wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL.
So there's no need to check for both.  Just check for WB_SYNC_ALL.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index f20daf4f5e19b..3f5a589399afe 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1482,8 +1482,7 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
 	dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
 	if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) &&
-	    ((dirty & I_DIRTY_INODE) ||
-	     wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_sync ||
+	    (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ||
 	     time_after(jiffies, inode->dirtied_time_when +
 			dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ))) {
 		dirty |= I_DIRTY_TIME;
-- 
2.30.0