linux-kernel - [PATCH] block: remove unneeded return value of bio_check

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Date:   Mon, 5 Sep 2022 18:27:54 +0800
From:   Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To:     <axboe@...nel.dk>
CC:     <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] block: remove unneeded return value of bio_check_ro()

bio_check_ro() always return false now. Remove this unneeded return value
and cleanup the sole caller. No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
---
 block/blk-core.c | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index a0d1104c5590..fe6b27e3a513 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -487,18 +487,15 @@ static int __init fail_make_request_debugfs(void)
 late_initcall(fail_make_request_debugfs);
 #endif /* CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST */
 
-static inline bool bio_check_ro(struct bio *bio)
+static inline void bio_check_ro(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	if (op_is_write(bio_op(bio)) && bdev_read_only(bio->bi_bdev)) {
 		if (op_is_flush(bio->bi_opf) && !bio_sectors(bio))
-			return false;
+			return;
 		pr_warn("Trying to write to read-only block-device %pg\n",
 			bio->bi_bdev);
 		/* Older lvm-tools actually trigger this */
-		return false;
 	}
-
-	return false;
 }
 
 static noinline int should_fail_bio(struct bio *bio)
@@ -722,8 +719,7 @@ void submit_bio_noacct(struct bio *bio)
 
 	if (should_fail_bio(bio))
 		goto end_io;
-	if (unlikely(bio_check_ro(bio)))
-		goto end_io;
+	bio_check_ro(bio);
 	if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_REMAPPED)) {
 		if (unlikely(bio_check_eod(bio)))
 			goto end_io;
-- 
2.23.0