1 files changed, 3 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c b/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
index bbb5673104ec..388ab41d1a11 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ static void ppl_submit_iounit(struct ppl_io_unit *io)
 	bio_set_dev(bio, log->rdev->bdev);
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = log->next_io_sector;
 	bio_add_page(bio, io->header_page, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
-	bio->bi_write_hint = ppl_conf->write_hint;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: log->current_io_sector: %llu\n", __func__,
 	    (unsigned long long)log->next_io_sector);
@@ -497,7 +496,6 @@ static void ppl_submit_iounit(struct ppl_io_unit *io)
 			bio = bio_alloc_bioset(prev->bi_bdev, BIO_MAX_VECS,
 					       prev->bi_opf, GFP_NOIO,
 					       &ppl_conf->bs);
-			bio->bi_write_hint = prev->bi_write_hint;
 			bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = bio_end_sector(prev);
 			bio_add_page(bio, sh->ppl_page, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
 
@@ -1397,7 +1395,6 @@ int ppl_init_log(struct r5conf *conf)
 	atomic64_set(&ppl_conf->seq, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ppl_conf->no_mem_stripes);
 	spin_lock_init(&ppl_conf->no_mem_stripes_lock);
-	ppl_conf->write_hint = RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET;
 
 	if (!mddev->external) {
 		ppl_conf->signature = ~crc32c_le(~0, mddev->uuid, sizeof(mddev->uuid));
@@ -1496,25 +1493,13 @@ int ppl_modify_log(struct r5conf *conf, struct md_rdev *rdev, bool add)
 static ssize_t
 ppl_write_hint_show(struct mddev *mddev, char *buf)
 {
-	size_t ret = 0;
-	struct r5conf *conf;
-	struct ppl_conf *ppl_conf = NULL;
-
-	spin_lock(&mddev->lock);
-	conf = mddev->private;
-	if (conf && raid5_has_ppl(conf))
-		ppl_conf = conf->log_private;
-	ret = sprintf(buf, "%d\n", ppl_conf ? ppl_conf->write_hint : 0);
-	spin_unlock(&mddev->lock);
-
-	return ret;
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", 0);
 }
 
 static ssize_t
 ppl_write_hint_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
 {
 	struct r5conf *conf;
-	struct ppl_conf *ppl_conf;
 	int err = 0;
 	unsigned short new;
 
@@ -1528,17 +1513,10 @@ ppl_write_hint_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
 		return err;
 
 	conf = mddev->private;
-	if (!conf) {
+	if (!conf)
 		err = -ENODEV;
-	} else if (raid5_has_ppl(conf)) {
-		ppl_conf = conf->log_private;
-		if (!ppl_conf)
-			err = -EINVAL;
-		else
-			ppl_conf->write_hint = new;
-	} else {
+	else if (!raid5_has_ppl(conf) || !conf->log_private)
 		err = -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	mddev_unlock(mddev);