It won't ever get into io_prep_rw() when req->file haven't been set in io_req_set_file(), hence remove the check. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/io_uring.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index 799e80e85027..426b0dd81cca 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -1868,9 +1868,6 @@ static int io_prep_rw(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe, unsigned ioprio; int ret; - if (!req->file) - return -EBADF; - if (S_ISREG(file_inode(req->file)->i_mode)) req->flags |= REQ_F_ISREG; -- 2.24.0