On 04/05/2020 18:19, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote: > In case force_nonblock happens to be true, the function returns > at: > > 2779 if (force_nonblock) > 2780 return -EAGAIN; > > before reaching this line of code. So, the null check on force_nonblock > at 2785, is never actually being executed. > > Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1492838 ("Logically dead code") > Fixes: 2fb3e82284fc ("io_uring: punt splice async because of inode mutex") It's not a bug, so 'Fixes' tag is IMHO misleading. Anyway, Acked-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/io_uring.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c > index e5dfbbd2aa34..4b1efb062f7f 100644 > --- a/fs/io_uring.c > +++ b/fs/io_uring.c > @@ -2782,7 +2782,7 @@ static int io_splice(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock) > poff_in = (sp->off_in == -1) ? NULL : &sp->off_in; > poff_out = (sp->off_out == -1) ? NULL : &sp->off_out; > ret = do_splice(in, poff_in, out, poff_out, sp->len, flags); > - if (force_nonblock && ret == -EAGAIN) > + if (ret == -EAGAIN) > return -EAGAIN; > > io_put_file(req, in, (sp->flags & SPLICE_F_FD_IN_FIXED)); > -- Pavel Begunkov