The usage of WARN_ON_ONCE doesn't seem to be necessary in these functions. All fuse_iomap_writeback_submit() call sites already ensure that wpc->wb_ctx contains a valid fuse_fill_wb_data. Function fuse_iomap_writeback_range() also seems to always be called with a valid value. But even if this wasn't the case, there would be a crash before this WARN_ON_ONCE() because ->wpa is being accessed before it. Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis@xxxxxxxxxx> --- As I'm saying above, I _think_ there's no need for these WARN_ON_ONCE(). However, if I'm wrong and they are required, I believe there's a need for a different patch (I can send one) to actually prevent a kernel crash. fs/fuse/file.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c index 5525a4520b0f..fac52f9fb333 100644 --- a/fs/fuse/file.c +++ b/fs/fuse/file.c @@ -2142,8 +2142,6 @@ static ssize_t fuse_iomap_writeback_range(struct iomap_writepage_ctx *wpc, struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode); loff_t offset = offset_in_folio(folio, pos); - WARN_ON_ONCE(!data); - if (!data->ff) { data->ff = fuse_write_file_get(fi); if (!data->ff) @@ -2182,8 +2180,6 @@ static int fuse_iomap_writeback_submit(struct iomap_writepage_ctx *wpc, { struct fuse_fill_wb_data *data = wpc->wb_ctx; - WARN_ON_ONCE(!data); - if (data->wpa) { WARN_ON(!data->wpa->ia.ap.num_folios); fuse_writepages_send(wpc->inode, data);