The local variable file is used to pass it to the vfs_fsync(). We can
get away with using lo->lo_backing_file instead of storing in a local
variable which is not used anywhere else.
No functional change in this patch.
Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanya.kulkarni@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 52f0b68466c0..58b315342af2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -455,8 +455,7 @@ static int lo_fallocate(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq, loff_t pos,
static int lo_req_flush(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq)
{
- struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
- int ret = vfs_fsync(file, 0);
+ int ret = vfs_fsync(lo->lo_backing_file, 0);
if (unlikely(ret && ret != -EINVAL))
ret = -EIO;
--
2.22.1
