linux-kernel - [PATCH V2 1/5] block: ignore discard return value

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Message-Id: <20251124025737.203571-2-ckulkarnilinux@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:57:33 -0800
From: Chaitanya Kulkarni <ckulkarnilinux@...il.com>
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	Chaitanya Kulkarni <ckulkarnilinux@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH V2 1/5] block: ignore discard return value

__blkdev_issue_discard() always returns 0, making the error check
in blkdev_issue_discard() dead code.

In function blkdev_issue_discard() initialize ret = 0, remove ret
assignment from __blkdev_issue_discard(), rely on bio == NULL check to
call submit_bio_wait(), preserve submit_bio_wait() error handling, and
preserve -EOPNOTSUPP to 0 mapping.

Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <ckulkarnilinux@...il.com>
---
 block/blk-lib.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 3030a772d3aa..19e0203cc18a 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 {
 	struct bio *bio = NULL;
 	struct blk_plug plug;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
-	ret = __blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, sector, nr_sects, gfp_mask, &bio);
-	if (!ret && bio) {
+	__blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, sector, nr_sects, gfp_mask, &bio);
+	if (bio) {
 		ret = submit_bio_wait(bio);
 		if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 			ret = 0;
-- 
2.40.0