linux-kernel - [PATCH] writeback: remove redundant checks for root memcg

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Date:   Tue,  8 Aug 2023 16:44:32 +0800
From:   alexjlzheng@...il.com
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@...cent.com>
Subject: [PATCH] writeback: remove redundant checks for root memcg

From: Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@...cent.com>

The check for root memcg will be done in wb_get_lookup(), so remove the
redundant one to simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@...cent.com>
---
 mm/backing-dev.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 3ffc3cfa7a14..9076f3ad39de 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -733,9 +733,6 @@ struct bdi_writeback *wb_get_create(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
 
 	might_alloc(gfp);
 
-	if (!memcg_css->parent)
-		return &bdi->wb;
-
 	do {
 		wb = wb_get_lookup(bdi, memcg_css);
 	} while (!wb && !cgwb_create(bdi, memcg_css, gfp));
-- 
2.31.1