linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/6] shmem: remove check for folio lock on writepage()

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Date:   Thu,  2 Mar 2023 15:27:53 -0800
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     hughd@...gle.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, willy@...radead.org,
        brauner@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, p.raghav@...sung.com, da.gomez@...sung.com,
        a.manzanares@...sung.com, dave@...olabs.net, yosryahmed@...gle.com,
        keescook@...omium.org, mcgrof@...nel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] shmem: remove check for folio lock on writepage()

Matthew notes we should not need to check the folio lock
on the writepage() callback so remove it. This sanity check
has been lingering since linux-history days. We remove this
as we tidy up the writepage() callback to make things a bit
clearer.

Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
---
 mm/shmem.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 1af85259b6fc..7fff1a3af092 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1354,7 +1354,6 @@ static int shmem_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		folio_clear_dirty(folio);
 	}
 
-	BUG_ON(!folio_test_locked(folio));
 	mapping = folio->mapping;
 	index = folio->index;
 	inode = mapping->host;
-- 
2.39.1