This flag was added by 6039257378e4 ("direct-io: add flag to allow aio
writes beyond i_size") to support XFS. However, with the rework of
XFS' DIO's path to use iomap in acdda3aae146 ("xfs: use iomap_dio_rw")
it became redundant. So let's remove it.
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@xxxxxxxx>
---
fs/direct-io.c | 3 +--
include/linux/fs.h | 3 ---
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index a0ca9e48e993..99a81c49bce9 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -1252,8 +1252,7 @@ do_blockdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
*/
if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
dio->is_async = false;
- else if (!(dio->flags & DIO_ASYNC_EXTEND) &&
- iov_iter_rw(iter) == WRITE && end > i_size_read(inode))
+ else if (iov_iter_rw(iter) == WRITE && end > i_size_read(inode))
dio->is_async = false;
else
dio->is_async = true;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 2a815560fda0..260c233e7375 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2977,9 +2977,6 @@ enum {
/* filesystem does not support filling holes */
DIO_SKIP_HOLES = 0x02,
- /* filesystem can handle aio writes beyond i_size */
- DIO_ASYNC_EXTEND = 0x04,
-
/* inode/fs/bdev does not need truncate protection */
DIO_SKIP_DIO_COUNT = 0x08,
};
--
2.7.4
