linux-ext4 - [PATCH 01/11] ext4: Remove pointless sb_rdonly() checks from freezing code

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Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2023 18:50:47 +0200
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Ted Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH 01/11] ext4: Remove pointless sb_rdonly() checks from freezing code

ext4_freeze() and ext4_unfreeze() checks for sb_rdonly(). However this
check is pointless as VFS already checks for read-only filesystem before
calling filesystem specific methods. Remove the pointless checks.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 05fcecc36244..f24a7919a328 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -6310,12 +6310,7 @@ static int ext4_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 static int ext4_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	int error = 0;
-	journal_t *journal;
-
-	if (sb_rdonly(sb))
-		return 0;
-
-	journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
+	journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
 
 	if (journal) {
 		/* Now we set up the journal barrier. */
@@ -6349,7 +6344,7 @@ static int ext4_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
  */
 static int ext4_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	if (sb_rdonly(sb) || ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(sb)))
+	if (ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(sb)))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal) {
-- 
2.35.3