[PATCH 1/3] pipe: drop an always true check in anon_pipe_write()

From: Mateusz Guzik
Date: Mon Mar 03 2025 - 18:04:50 EST


The check operates on the stale value of 'head' and always loops back.

Just do it unconditionally. No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/pipe.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 19a7948ab234..d5238f6e0f08 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -529,10 +529,9 @@ anon_pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)

if (!iov_iter_count(from))
break;
- }

- if (!pipe_full(head, pipe->tail, pipe->max_usage))
continue;
+ }

/* Wait for buffer space to become available. */
if ((filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) ||
--
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