Function blkcg_iolatency_throttle will make sure blkg->parent is not NULL before calls check_scale_change. And function check_scale_change is only called in blkcg_iolatency_throttle. Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-iolatency.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/blk-iolatency.c b/block/blk-iolatency.c index e285152345a2..a8cc5abe91e5 100644 --- a/block/blk-iolatency.c +++ b/block/blk-iolatency.c @@ -403,9 +403,6 @@ static void check_scale_change(struct iolatency_grp *iolat) u64 scale_lat; int direction = 0; - if (lat_to_blkg(iolat)->parent == NULL) - return; - parent = blkg_to_lat(lat_to_blkg(iolat)->parent); if (!parent) return; -- 2.30.0