The file->f_op check in do_readv_writev() is redundant since all of
its caller (vfs_readv and vfs_writev) already did the check.  The
same goes to compat_do_readv_writev().

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org>
---
 fs/read_write.c |    9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 878f40e50451..a8bcdd26b16e 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -721,11 +721,6 @@ static ssize_t do_readv_writev(int type, struct file *file,
        io_fn_t fn;
        iov_fn_t fnv;
 
-       if (!file->f_op) {
-               ret = -EINVAL;
-               goto out;
-       }
-
        ret = rw_copy_check_uvector(type, uvector, nr_segs,
                                    ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), iovstack, &iov);
        if (ret <= 0)
@@ -894,10 +889,6 @@ static ssize_t compat_do_readv_writev(int type, struct 
file *file,
        io_fn_t fn;
        iov_fn_t fnv;
 
-       ret = -EINVAL;
-       if (!file->f_op)
-               goto out;
-
        ret = -EFAULT;
        if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, uvector, nr_segs*sizeof(*uvector)))
                goto out;
-- 
1.7.9.2

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