This patch removes an unnecessary comment that had to do with block special files from `generic_write_checks()`. The comment, originally added in Linux v2.4.14.9, was to clarify that we only set `pos` to the file size when the file was opened with `O_APPEND` if the file wasn't a block special file. Prior to Linux v2.4, block special files had a different `write()` function which was unified into a generic `write()` function in Linux v2.4. This generic `write()` function called `generic_write_checks()`. For more details, see this earlier conversation: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/Yc4Czk5A+p5p2Y4W@xxxxxxx/ Currently, block special devices have their own `write_iter()` function and no longer share the same `generic_write_checks()`, therefore rendering the comment irrelevant. Signed-off-by: Tal Zussman <tz2294@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Co-authored-by: Xijiao Li <xl2950@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Co-authored-by: Hans Montero <hjm2133@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> --- fs/read_write.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c index 0074afa7ecb3..0173dc7183c9 100644 --- a/fs/read_write.c +++ b/fs/read_write.c @@ -1637,7 +1637,6 @@ ssize_t generic_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from) if (!iov_iter_count(from)) return 0; - /* FIXME: this is for backwards compatibility with 2.4 */ if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_APPEND) iocb->ki_pos = i_size_read(inode); -- 2.20.1
