From: Dave Hansen <haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx> ext3_change_inode_journal_flag() is only called from one location: ext3_ioctl(EXT3_IOC_SETFLAGS). That ioctl case already has a IS_RDONLY() call in it so this one is superfluous. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext3/inode.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/ext3/inode.c~ext3-remove-extra-is_rdonly-check fs/ext3/inode.c --- a/fs/ext3/inode.c~ext3-remove-extra-is_rdonly-check +++ a/fs/ext3/inode.c @@ -3195,7 +3195,7 @@ int ext3_change_inode_journal_flag(struc */ journal = EXT3_JOURNAL(inode); - if (is_journal_aborted(journal) || IS_RDONLY(inode)) + if (is_journal_aborted(journal)) return -EROFS; journal_lock_updates(journal); _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html