Any read/write opcode has needs_file == true, which means that we
would've failed the request long before reaching the issue stage if we
didn't successfully assign a file. This check has been dead forever,
and is really a leftover from generic code.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
struct file *file = req->file;
int ret;
- if (unlikely(!file || !(file->f_mode & mode)))
+ if (unlikely(!(file->f_mode & mode)))
return -EBADF;
if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_FIXED_FILE))