From 8dd2ac7a29083fd4fe5cd0086b3f645705ca57cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexey Dobriyan Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 21:55:29 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] sync_file_range: delete dead S_ISLNK code Symlinks can't appear as opened file. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan --- fs/sync.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c index 942a60cfedfbf..4a84dd837b863 100644 --- a/fs/sync.c +++ b/fs/sync.c @@ -266,8 +266,7 @@ int sync_file_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes, i_mode = file_inode(file)->i_mode; ret = -ESPIPE; - if (!S_ISREG(i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(i_mode) && - !S_ISLNK(i_mode)) + if (!S_ISREG(i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(i_mode)) goto out; mapping = file->f_mapping;