warning: Excess function parameter 'offset' description in 'dio_complete'. This patch removes offset from the list of arguments from the function header as it not an argument to the function. Adds the description about offset within the code. Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/direct-io.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c index ae196784f487..a9cb770f0bc1 100644 --- a/fs/direct-io.c +++ b/fs/direct-io.c @@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ void dio_warn_stale_pagecache(struct file *filp) /** * dio_complete() - called when all DIO BIO I/O has been completed - * @offset: the byte offset in the file of the completed operation * * This drops i_dio_count, lets interested parties know that a DIO operation * has completed, and calculates the resulting return code for the operation. @@ -255,6 +254,7 @@ void dio_warn_stale_pagecache(struct file *filp) */ static ssize_t dio_complete(struct dio *dio, ssize_t ret, unsigned int flags) { + /* offset: the byte offset in the file of the completed operation */ loff_t offset = dio->iocb->ki_pos; ssize_t transferred = 0; int err; -- 2.17.1