linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/swapfile: Remove needless request

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Date:   Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:24:37 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Xu Wang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/swapfile: Remove needless request_queue NULL pointer
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On 17.09.21 10:21, Xu Wang wrote:
> The request_queue pointer returned from bdev_get_queue() shall
> never be NULL, so the null check is unnecessary, just remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xu Wang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>
> ---
>   mm/swapfile.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
> index 22d10f713848..42027d213fd2 100644
> --- a/mm/swapfile.c
> +++ b/mm/swapfile.c
> @@ -3118,7 +3118,7 @@ static bool swap_discardable(struct swap_info_struct *si)
>   {
>   	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(si->bdev);
>   
> -	if (!q || !blk_queue_discard(q))
> +	if (!blk_queue_discard(q))
>   		return false;
>   
>   	return true;
> 

Right, there is even a comment in bdev_get_queue "this is never NULL".

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb