[PATCH 2/3] vfs: remove redundant position check in do_sendfile

[Jeff Layton]

As Johannes Weiner pointed out, one of the range checks in do_sendfile
is redundant and is already checked in rw_verify_area.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/read_write.c |    3 ---
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 6c8c55d..3ac2898 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -839,9 +839,6 @@ static ssize_t do_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, loff_t *ppos,
 		max = min(in_inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes, out_inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes);
 
 	pos = *ppos;
-	retval = -EINVAL;
-	if (unlikely(pos < 0))
-		goto fput_out;
 	if (unlikely(pos + count > max)) {
 		retval = -EOVERFLOW;
 		if (pos >= max)
-- 
1.6.0.6

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