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") 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)); -- 2.26.0