Any read/write opcode has needs_file == true, which means that we would've failed the request long before reaching the issue stage if we didn't successfully assign a file. This check has been dead forever, and is really a leftover from generic code. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> --- io_uring/rw.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c index 0fb7a045163a..8ba93fffc23a 100644 --- a/io_uring/rw.c +++ b/io_uring/rw.c @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static int io_rw_init_file(struct io_kiocb *req, fmode_t mode) struct file *file = req->file; int ret; - if (unlikely(!file || !(file->f_mode & mode))) + if (unlikely(!(file->f_mode & mode))) return -EBADF; if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_FIXED_FILE)) -- 2.43.0
