This is a leftover from the really old days where we weren't able to track and error early if we need a file and it wasn't assigned. Kill the check. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.15+ Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/io_uring.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index 0b89f35378fa..67244ea0af48 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -4511,9 +4511,6 @@ static int io_fsync_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe) { struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx; - if (!req->file) - return -EBADF; - if (unlikely(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL)) return -EINVAL; if (unlikely(sqe->addr || sqe->ioprio || sqe->buf_index || -- 2.35.1