The problem here is that iov_iter_is_*() helpers check types for equality, but all iterate_* helpers do bitwise ands. This confuses compilers, so even if some cases were handled separately with iov_iter_is_*(), corresponding ifs in iterate*() right after are not eliminated. E.g. iov_iter_npages() first handles discards, but iterate_all_kinds() still checks for discard iter type and generates unreachable code down the line. text data bss dec hex filename before: 24409 805 0 25214 627e lib/iov_iter.o after: 23977 805 0 24782 60ce lib/iov_iter.o Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/uio.h | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/uio.h b/include/linux/uio.h index 72d88566694e..c5970b2d3307 100644 --- a/include/linux/uio.h +++ b/include/linux/uio.h @@ -57,27 +57,27 @@ static inline enum iter_type iov_iter_type(const struct iov_iter *i) static inline bool iter_is_iovec(const struct iov_iter *i) { - return iov_iter_type(i) == ITER_IOVEC; + return iov_iter_type(i) & ITER_IOVEC; } static inline bool iov_iter_is_kvec(const struct iov_iter *i) { - return iov_iter_type(i) == ITER_KVEC; + return iov_iter_type(i) & ITER_KVEC; } static inline bool iov_iter_is_bvec(const struct iov_iter *i) { - return iov_iter_type(i) == ITER_BVEC; + return iov_iter_type(i) & ITER_BVEC; } static inline bool iov_iter_is_pipe(const struct iov_iter *i) { - return iov_iter_type(i) == ITER_PIPE; + return iov_iter_type(i) & ITER_PIPE; } static inline bool iov_iter_is_discard(const struct iov_iter *i) { - return iov_iter_type(i) == ITER_DISCARD; + return iov_iter_type(i) & ITER_DISCARD; } static inline unsigned char iov_iter_rw(const struct iov_iter *i) -- 2.24.0