From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: ignore return value of ->readpages We used to assign the return value to a variable, which we then ignored. Remove the pretence of caring. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200414150233.24495-4-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@xxxxxxx> Cc: Chao Yu <yuchao0@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Gao Xiang <gaoxiang25@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/readahead.c | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/mm/readahead.c~mm-ignore-return-value-of-readpages +++ a/mm/readahead.c @@ -113,17 +113,16 @@ int read_cache_pages(struct address_spac EXPORT_SYMBOL(read_cache_pages); -static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, +static void read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, struct list_head *pages, unsigned int nr_pages, gfp_t gfp) { struct blk_plug plug; unsigned page_idx; - int ret; blk_start_plug(&plug); if (mapping->a_ops->readpages) { - ret = mapping->a_ops->readpages(filp, mapping, pages, nr_pages); + mapping->a_ops->readpages(filp, mapping, pages, nr_pages); /* Clean up the remaining pages */ put_pages_list(pages); goto out; @@ -136,12 +135,9 @@ static int read_pages(struct address_spa mapping->a_ops->readpage(filp, page); put_page(page); } - ret = 0; out: blk_finish_plug(&plug); - - return ret; } /* _