Block device inodes never have S_DAX set, so kill the check for DAX and diversion to dax_writeback_mapping_range(). Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/block_dev.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c index fe09ef9c21f3..846ee2d31781 100644 --- a/fs/block_dev.c +++ b/fs/block_dev.c @@ -1946,11 +1946,6 @@ static int blkdev_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t wait) static int blkdev_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc) { - if (dax_mapping(mapping)) { - struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(mapping->host); - - return dax_writeback_mapping_range(mapping, bdev, wbc); - } return generic_writepages(mapping, wbc); }