Re: [PATCH 21/32] bdev: Drop pointless invalidate_mapping_buffers() call

On Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 11:34:10AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> Nobody is calling mark_buffer_dirty_inode() with internal bdev inode and
> it doesn't make sense for internal bdev inode to have any metadata
> buffer heads. Just drop the pointless invalidate_mapping_buffers() call.

s/invalidate_mapping_buffers/invalidate_inode_buffers/g?

> 
> CC: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
> CC: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
> ---
>  block/bdev.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
> index ed022f8c48c7..ad1660b6b324 100644
> --- a/block/bdev.c
> +++ b/block/bdev.c
> @@ -420,7 +420,6 @@ static void init_once(void *data)
>  static void bdev_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
>  {
>  	truncate_inode_pages_final(&inode->i_data);
> -	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode); /* is it needed here? */
>  	clear_inode(inode);
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.51.0
>