linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs/fat: Remove unnecessary wrapper fat_max

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Message-ID: <20251127175431.126516-1-lalitshankarch@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:54:31 +0000
From: Lalit Shankar Chowdhury <lalitshankarch@...il.com>
To: hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Lalit Shankar Chowdhury <lalitshankarch@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] fs/fat: Remove unnecessary wrapper fat_max_cache()

fat_max_cache() always returned FAT_MAX_CACHE and did not use the inode
parameter. So, use the FAT_MAX_CACHE constant directly.

Signed-off-by: Lalit Shankar Chowdhury <lalitshankarch@...il.com>
---
 fs/fat/cache.c | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fat/cache.c b/fs/fat/cache.c
index 2af424e200b3..630f3056658e 100644
--- a/fs/fat/cache.c
+++ b/fs/fat/cache.c
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ struct fat_cache_id {
 	int dcluster;
 };
 
-static inline int fat_max_cache(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return FAT_MAX_CACHE;
-}
-
 static struct kmem_cache *fat_cache_cachep;
 
 static void init_once(void *foo)
@@ -145,7 +140,7 @@ static void fat_cache_add(struct inode *inode, struct fat_cache_id *new)
 
 	cache = fat_cache_merge(inode, new);
 	if (cache == NULL) {
-		if (MSDOS_I(inode)->nr_caches < fat_max_cache(inode)) {
+		if (MSDOS_I(inode)->nr_caches < FAT_MAX_CACHE) {
 			MSDOS_I(inode)->nr_caches++;
 			spin_unlock(&MSDOS_I(inode)->cache_lru_lock);
 
-- 
2.43.0