Currently dax_pmd_fault() decides to fill a PMD-sized hole only if returned buffer has BH_Uptodate set. However that doesn't get set for any mapping buffer so that branch is actually a dead code. The BH_Uptodate check doesn't make any sense so just remove it. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/dax.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c index 237581441bc1..42bf65b4e752 100644 --- a/fs/dax.c +++ b/fs/dax.c @@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ int __dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, goto fallback; } - if (!write && !buffer_mapped(&bh) && buffer_uptodate(&bh)) { + if (!write && !buffer_mapped(&bh)) { spinlock_t *ptl; pmd_t entry; struct page *zero_page = get_huge_zero_page(); -- 2.6.6 -- 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