The read-ahead shouldn't block, so allow it to be done even if IOCB_NOWAIT is set in the kiocb. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/filemap.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c index 23a051a7ef0f..80747f1377d5 100644 --- a/mm/filemap.c +++ b/mm/filemap.c @@ -2031,8 +2031,6 @@ static ssize_t generic_file_buffered_read(struct kiocb *iocb, page = find_get_page(mapping, index); if (!page) { - if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) - goto would_block; page_cache_sync_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, index, last_index - index); -- 2.26.2