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

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Message-ID: <20250428133000.3199729-1-max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:30:00 +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_SREQ_SEEK_DATA_READ

This flag was added by commit 3d3c95046742 ("netfs: Provide readahead
and readpage netfs helpers") but its only user was removed by commit
86b374d061ee ("netfs: Remove fs/netfs/io.c").

Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst | 5 -----
 include/linux/netfs.h                       | 1 -
 2 files changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst
index 3886c14f89f4..7d380648e131 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst
@@ -275,11 +275,6 @@ handle falling back from one source type to another.  The members are:
      This can be set to indicate that the remainder of the slice, from
      transferred to len, should be cleared.
 
-   * ``NETFS_SREQ_SEEK_DATA_READ``
-
-     This is a hint to the cache that it might want to try skipping ahead to
-     the next data (ie. using SEEK_DATA).
-
  * ``debug_index``
 
    A number allocated to this slice that can be displayed in trace lines for
diff --git a/include/linux/netfs.h b/include/linux/netfs.h
index c86a11cfc4a3..d315d86d0ad4 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfs.h
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ struct netfs_io_subrequest {
 	unsigned long		flags;
 #define NETFS_SREQ_COPY_TO_CACHE	0	/* Set if should copy the data to the cache */
 #define NETFS_SREQ_CLEAR_TAIL		1	/* Set if the rest of the read should be cleared */
-#define NETFS_SREQ_SEEK_DATA_READ	3	/* Set if ->read() should SEEK_DATA first */
 #define NETFS_SREQ_MADE_PROGRESS	4	/* Set if we transferred at least some data */
 #define NETFS_SREQ_ONDEMAND		5	/* Set if it's from on-demand read mode */
 #define NETFS_SREQ_BOUNDARY		6	/* Set if ends on hard boundary (eg. ceph object) */
-- 
2.47.2