[PATCH] vhost: remove impossible check in VHOST_GET_FORK_FROM_OWNER ioctl
From: Cindy Lu
Date: Tue Jan 27 2026 - 02:40:08 EST
remove impossible fork_owner check in VHOST_GET_FORK_FROM_OWNER ioctl
Fixes: 7d9896e9f6d02d8a ("vhost: Reintroduce kthread API and add mode selection")
Signed-off-by: Cindy Lu <lulu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 5 -----
1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index bccdc9eab267..889481c92236 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -2338,11 +2338,6 @@ long vhost_dev_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, unsigned int ioctl, void __user *argp)
if (ioctl == VHOST_GET_FORK_FROM_OWNER) {
u8 fork_owner_val = d->fork_owner;
- if (fork_owner_val != VHOST_FORK_OWNER_TASK &&
- fork_owner_val != VHOST_FORK_OWNER_KTHREAD) {
- r = -EINVAL;
- goto done;
- }
if (put_user(fork_owner_val, (u8 __user *)argp)) {
r = -EFAULT;
goto done;
--
2.51.0