[PATCH] blk-throttle: remove dead field last_check_time from throtl_grp

From: Tao Cui

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 01:51:00 EST


From: Tao Cui <cuitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

The last_check_time field in throtl_grp was used by the
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING_LOW mechanism (in throtl_upgrade_check() and
the downgrade logic) to timestamp the last upgrade/downgrade check.

Commit bf20ab538c81 ("blk-throttle: remove CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING_LOW")
removed all five of its uses in blk-throttle.c and the surrounding LOW
fields (latency_target, last_finish_time, checked_last_finish_time,
avg_idletime, idletime_threshold, bio_cnt, bad_bio_cnt,
bio_cnt_reset_time), but missed the field definition itself.

It has been a dead field since then: zero references in blk-throttle.c
and the whole tree. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-throttle.h | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.h b/block/blk-throttle.h
index 9d7a42c039a1..1b5775771e07 100644
--- a/block/blk-throttle.h
+++ b/block/blk-throttle.h
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ struct throtl_grp {
int64_t bytes_disp[2];
int io_disp[2];

- unsigned long last_check_time;
-
/* When did we start a new slice */
unsigned long slice_start[2];
unsigned long slice_end[2];
--
2.43.0