linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: remove unreachable discard code

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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 16:09:43 -0800
From: Keith Busch <kbusch@...a.com>
To: <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
CC: <tytso@....edu>, <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, <jack@...e.com>,
        Keith Busch
	<kbusch@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: remove unreachable discard code

From: Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>

There are no more ext4_issue_discard() users that track their own bio.
Remove the unused parameter and the dead code that handles it.

Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
---
 fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 15 ++++-----------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index e4f7cf9d89c45..6314a2b000fd8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -3829,8 +3829,7 @@ void ext4_mb_release(struct super_block *sb)
 }
 
 static inline int ext4_issue_discard(struct super_block *sb,
-		ext4_group_t block_group, ext4_grpblk_t cluster, int count,
-		struct bio **biop)
+		ext4_group_t block_group, ext4_grpblk_t cluster, int count)
 {
 	ext4_fsblk_t discard_block;
 
@@ -3839,13 +3838,7 @@ static inline int ext4_issue_discard(struct super_block *sb,
 	count = EXT4_C2B(EXT4_SB(sb), count);
 	trace_ext4_discard_blocks(sb,
 			(unsigned long long) discard_block, count);
-	if (biop) {
-		return __blkdev_issue_discard(sb->s_bdev,
-			(sector_t)discard_block << (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9),
-			(sector_t)count << (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9),
-			GFP_NOFS, biop);
-	} else
-		return sb_issue_discard(sb, discard_block, count, GFP_NOFS, 0);
+	return sb_issue_discard(sb, discard_block, count, GFP_NOFS, 0);
 }
 
 static void ext4_free_data_in_buddy(struct super_block *sb,
@@ -6487,7 +6480,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_clear_bb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	} else {
 		if (test_opt(sb, DISCARD)) {
 			err = ext4_issue_discard(sb, block_group, bit,
-						 count_clusters, NULL);
+						 count_clusters);
 			if (err && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 				ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, "discard request in"
 					 " group:%u block:%d count:%lu failed"
@@ -6738,7 +6731,7 @@ __acquires(bitlock)
 	 */
 	mb_mark_used(e4b, &ex);
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
-	ret = ext4_issue_discard(sb, group, start, count, NULL);
+	ret = ext4_issue_discard(sb, group, start, count);
 	ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
 	mb_free_blocks(NULL, e4b, start, ex.fe_len);
 	return ret;
-- 
2.34.1