[PATCH 01/16] xfs: remove an outdated comment above xfs_file_ioctl

Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:03:00 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-xfs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The return code sign flipping at the method boundary is long gone in XFS,
so remove this comment documenting an exception from it.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
---
 fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 1b53701bebea..ec5412a9eb1d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -1209,12 +1209,6 @@ xfs_ioctl_fs_counts(
 #define XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP64	_IOW ('X', 36, struct xfs_flock64)
 #define XFS_IOC_FREESP64	_IOW ('X', 37, struct xfs_flock64)
 
-/*
- * Note: some of the ioctl's return positive numbers as a
- * byte count indicating success, such as readlink_by_handle.
- * So we don't "sign flip" like most other routines.  This means
- * true errors need to be returned as a negative value.
- */
 long
 xfs_file_ioctl(
 	struct file		*filp,
-- 
2.53.0