This code duplication was introduced by commit a194dfe6e6f6 ("pipe: Rearrange sequence in pipe_write() to preallocate slot"), but since the pipe's mutex is locked, nobody else can modify the value meanwhile. To: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/pipe.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c index da842d13029d..aca717a89631 100644 --- a/fs/pipe.c +++ b/fs/pipe.c @@ -535,7 +535,6 @@ pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from) break; } ret += copied; - buf->offset = 0; buf->len = copied; if (!iov_iter_count(from)) -- 2.34.0