linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 02/33] nsfs: drop tautological ioctl() check

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Message-Id: <20250912-work-namespace-v2-2-1a247645cef5@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:52:25 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>, 
 linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>, 
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Subject: [PATCH v2 02/33] nsfs: drop tautological ioctl() check

This check does absolutely nothing. So drop it.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
---
 fs/nsfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/nsfs.c b/fs/nsfs.c
index 59aa801347a7..ce51041bb624 100644
--- a/fs/nsfs.c
+++ b/fs/nsfs.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static bool nsfs_ioctl_valid(unsigned int cmd)
 	case NS_GET_TGID_FROM_PIDNS:
 	case NS_GET_PID_IN_PIDNS:
 	case NS_GET_TGID_IN_PIDNS:
-		return (_IOC_TYPE(cmd) == _IOC_TYPE(cmd));
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	/* Extensible ioctls require some extra handling. */

-- 
2.47.3