[PATCH] fs: drop assert in file_seek_cur_needs_f_lock

From: Luis Henriques
Date: Thu Jun 12 2025 - 05:41:29 EST


The assert in function file_seek_cur_needs_f_lock() can be triggered very
easily because, as Jan Kara suggested, the file reference may get
incremented after checking it with fdget_pos().

Fixes: da06e3c51794 ("fs: don't needlessly acquire f_lock")
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Hi Christian,

It wasn't clear whether you'd be queueing this fix yourself. Since I don't
see it on vfs.git, I decided to explicitly send the patch so that it doesn't
slip through the cracks.

Cheers,
--
Luis

fs/file.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 3a3146664cf3..075f07bdc977 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -1198,8 +1198,6 @@ bool file_seek_cur_needs_f_lock(struct file *file)
if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_ATOMIC_POS) && !file->f_op->iterate_shared)
return false;

- VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE((file_count(file) > 1) &&
- !mutex_is_locked(&file->f_pos_lock));
return true;
}