linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs/netfs: remove unused flag NETFS_ICTX

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Message-ID: <20250428143859.3210257-1-max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:38:59 +0200
From: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com>
To: dhowells@...hat.com,
	netfs@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com>
Subject: [PATCH] fs/netfs: remove unused flag NETFS_ICTX_WRITETHROUGH

This flag was added by commit 41d8e7673a77 ("netfs: Implement a
write-through caching option") but it was never used.

Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com>
---
 fs/netfs/buffered_write.c | 3 +--
 include/linux/netfs.h     | 1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c b/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
index b4826360a411..26a789c8ce18 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ ssize_t netfs_perform_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	size_t max_chunk = mapping_max_folio_size(mapping);
 	bool maybe_trouble = false;
 
-	if (unlikely(test_bit(NETFS_ICTX_WRITETHROUGH, &ctx->flags) ||
-		     iocb->ki_flags & (IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC))
+	if (unlikely(iocb->ki_flags & (IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC))
 	    ) {
 		wbc_attach_fdatawrite_inode(&wbc, mapping->host);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/netfs.h b/include/linux/netfs.h
index c86a11cfc4a3..e1c224d50894 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfs.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ struct netfs_inode {
 	unsigned long		flags;
 #define NETFS_ICTX_ODIRECT	0		/* The file has DIO in progress */
 #define NETFS_ICTX_UNBUFFERED	1		/* I/O should not use the pagecache */
-#define NETFS_ICTX_WRITETHROUGH	2		/* Write-through caching */
 #define NETFS_ICTX_MODIFIED_ATTR 3		/* Indicate change in mtime/ctime */
 #define NETFS_ICTX_SINGLE_NO_UPLOAD 4		/* Monolithic payload, cache but no upload */
 };
-- 
2.47.2