Merge tag 'for-5.18/write-streams-2022-03-18' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

Pull NVMe write streams removal from Jens Axboe:
 "This removes the write streams support in NVMe. No vendor ever really
  shipped working support for this, and they are not interested in
  supporting it.

  With the NVMe support gone, we have nothing in the tree that supports
  this. Remove passing around of the hints.

  The only discussion point in this patchset imho is the fact that the
  file specific write hint setting/getting fcntl helpers will now return
  -1/EINVAL like they did before we supported write hints. No known
  applications use these functions, I only know of one prototype that I
  help do for RocksDB, and that's not used. That said, with a change
  like this, it's always a bit controversial. Alternatively, we could
  just make them return 0 and pretend it worked. It's placement based
  hints after all"

* tag 'for-5.18/write-streams-2022-03-18' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block:
  fs: remove fs.f_write_hint
  fs: remove kiocb.ki_hint
  block: remove the per-bio/request write hint
  nvme: remove support or stream based temperature hint

32 files changed, 10 insertions, 303 deletions

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 33979f306e9e..cdd7b2915c53 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ void bio_init(struct bio *bio, struct block_device *bdev, struct bio_vec *table,
 	bio->bi_opf = opf;
 	bio->bi_flags = 0;
 	bio->bi_ioprio = 0;
-	bio->bi_write_hint = 0;
 	bio->bi_status = 0;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = 0;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_size = 0;
@@ -737,7 +736,6 @@ static int __bio_clone(struct bio *bio, struct bio *bio_src, gfp_t gfp)
 	    bio_flagged(bio_src, BIO_REMAPPED))
 		bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_REMAPPED);
 	bio->bi_ioprio = bio_src->bi_ioprio;
-	bio->bi_write_hint = bio_src->bi_write_hint;
 	bio->bi_iter = bio_src->bi_iter;
 
 	bio_clone_blkg_association(bio, bio_src);
diff --git a/block/blk-crypto-fallback.c b/block/blk-crypto-fallback.c
index 18c8eafe20b9..7c854584b52b 100644
--- a/block/blk-crypto-fallback.c
+++ b/block/blk-crypto-fallback.c
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ static struct bio *blk_crypto_fallback_clone_bio(struct bio *bio_src)
 		bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_REMAPPED);
 	bio->bi_opf		= bio_src->bi_opf;
 	bio->bi_ioprio		= bio_src->bi_ioprio;
-	bio->bi_write_hint	= bio_src->bi_write_hint;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector	= bio_src->bi_iter.bi_sector;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_size	= bio_src->bi_iter.bi_size;
 
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 49d0d0da0bf2..7771dacc99cb 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -754,13 +754,6 @@ static struct request *attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (rq_data_dir(req) != rq_data_dir(next))
 		return NULL;
 
-	/*
-	 * Don't allow merge of different write hints, or for a hint with
-	 * non-hint IO.
-	 */
-	if (req->write_hint != next->write_hint)
-		return NULL;
-
 	if (req->ioprio != next->ioprio)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -886,13 +879,6 @@ bool blk_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 	if (!bio_crypt_rq_ctx_compatible(rq, bio))
 		return false;
 
-	/*
-	 * Don't allow merge of different write hints, or for a hint with
-	 * non-hint IO.
-	 */
-	if (rq->write_hint != bio->bi_write_hint)
-		return false;
-
 	if (rq->ioprio != bio_prio(bio))
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
index e2880f6deb34..aa0349e9f083 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
@@ -183,35 +183,11 @@ inval:
 	return count;
 }
 
-static int queue_write_hint_show(void *data, struct seq_file *m)
-{
-	struct request_queue *q = data;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS; i++)
-		seq_printf(m, "hint%d: %llu\n", i, q->write_hints[i]);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static ssize_t queue_write_hint_store(void *data, const char __user *buf,
-				      size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	struct request_queue *q = data;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS; i++)
-		q->write_hints[i] = 0;
-
-	return count;
-}
-
 static const struct blk_mq_debugfs_attr blk_mq_debugfs_queue_attrs[] = {
 	{ "poll_stat", 0400, queue_poll_stat_show },
 	{ "requeue_list", 0400, .seq_ops = &queue_requeue_list_seq_ops },
 	{ "pm_only", 0600, queue_pm_only_show, NULL },
 	{ "state", 0600, queue_state_show, queue_state_write },
-	{ "write_hints", 0600, queue_write_hint_show, queue_write_hint_store },
 	{ "zone_wlock", 0400, queue_zone_wlock_show, NULL },
 	{ },
 };
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 8e659dc5fcf3..e6f24fa4a4c2 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2412,7 +2412,6 @@ static void blk_mq_bio_to_request(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio,
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
 
 	rq->__sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector;
-	rq->write_hint = bio->bi_write_hint;
 	blk_rq_bio_prep(rq, bio, nr_segs);
 
 	/* This can't fail, since GFP_NOIO includes __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM. */
diff --git a/block/bounce.c b/block/bounce.c
index 2d32ff6a0f12..467be46d0e65 100644
--- a/block/bounce.c
+++ b/block/bounce.c
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ static struct bio *bounce_clone_bio(struct bio *bio_src)
 	if (bio_flagged(bio_src, BIO_REMAPPED))
 		bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_REMAPPED);
 	bio->bi_ioprio		= bio_src->bi_ioprio;
-	bio->bi_write_hint	= bio_src->bi_write_hint;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector	= bio_src->bi_iter.bi_sector;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_size	= bio_src->bi_iter.bi_size;
 
diff --git a/block/fops.c b/block/fops.c
index e49096354dcd..9f2ecec406b0 100644
--- a/block/fops.c
+++ b/block/fops.c
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO_simple(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		bio_init(&bio, bdev, vecs, nr_pages, dio_bio_write_op(iocb));
 	}
 	bio.bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
-	bio.bi_write_hint = iocb->ki_hint;
 	bio.bi_private = current;
 	bio.bi_end_io = blkdev_bio_end_io_simple;
 	bio.bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio;
@@ -225,7 +224,6 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 
 	for (;;) {
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
-		bio->bi_write_hint = iocb->ki_hint;
 		bio->bi_private = dio;
 		bio->bi_end_io = blkdev_bio_end_io;
 		bio->bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio;
@@ -327,7 +325,6 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO_async(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	dio->flags = 0;
 	dio->iocb = iocb;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
-	bio->bi_write_hint = iocb->ki_hint;
 	bio->bi_end_io = blkdev_bio_end_io_async;
 	bio->bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 800a17aad6e6..99d5464a51f8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1136,8 +1136,6 @@ static void alloc_behind_master_bio(struct r1bio *r1_bio,
 		goto skip_copy;
 	}
 
-	behind_bio->bi_write_hint = bio->bi_write_hint;
-
 	while (i < vcnt && size) {
 		struct page *page;
 		int len = min_t(int, PAGE_SIZE, size);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c b/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
index ea4cd8dd4dc3..d3962d92df18 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
@@ -466,7 +466,6 @@ static void ppl_submit_iounit(struct ppl_io_unit *io)
 	bio->bi_end_io = ppl_log_endio;
 	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);
@@ -496,7 +495,6 @@ 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);
 
@@ -1396,7 +1394,6 @@ 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));
@@ -1495,25 +1492,13 @@ 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;
 
@@ -1527,17 +1512,10 @@ 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);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index afecb1c765bf..351d341a1ffa 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -1211,9 +1211,6 @@ again:
 			bi->bi_io_vec[0].bv_len = RAID5_STRIPE_SIZE(conf);
 			bi->bi_io_vec[0].bv_offset = sh->dev[i].offset;
 			bi->bi_iter.bi_size = RAID5_STRIPE_SIZE(conf);
-			bi->bi_write_hint = sh->dev[i].write_hint;
-			if (!rrdev)
-				sh->dev[i].write_hint = RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET;
 			/*
 			 * If this is discard request, set bi_vcnt 0. We don't
 			 * want to confuse SCSI because SCSI will replace payload
@@ -1264,8 +1261,6 @@ again:
 			rbi->bi_io_vec[0].bv_len = RAID5_STRIPE_SIZE(conf);
 			rbi->bi_io_vec[0].bv_offset = sh->dev[i].offset;
 			rbi->bi_iter.bi_size = RAID5_STRIPE_SIZE(conf);
-			rbi->bi_write_hint = sh->dev[i].write_hint;
-			sh->dev[i].write_hint = RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET;
 			/*
 			 * If this is discard request, set bi_vcnt 0. We don't
 			 * want to confuse SCSI because SCSI will replace payload
@@ -3407,7 +3402,6 @@ static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_head *sh, struct bio *bi, int dd_idx,
 		(unsigned long long)sh->sector);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
-	sh->dev[dd_idx].write_hint = bi->bi_write_hint;
 	/* Don't allow new IO added to stripes in batch list */
 	if (sh->batch_head)
 		goto overlap;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index cd6eac8e3dd6..aeda4d0975fc 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@ module_param(apst_secondary_latency_tol_us, ulong, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(apst_secondary_latency_tol_us,
 	"secondary APST latency tolerance in us");
 
-static bool streams;
-module_param(streams, bool, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(streams, "turn on support for Streams write directives");
-
 /*
  * nvme_wq - hosts nvme related works that are not reset or delete
  * nvme_reset_wq - hosts nvme reset works
@@ -720,108 +716,6 @@ bool __nvme_check_ready(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct request *rq,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__nvme_check_ready);
 
-static int nvme_toggle_streams(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, bool enable)
-{
-	struct nvme_command c = { };
-
-	c.directive.opcode = nvme_admin_directive_send;
-	c.directive.nsid = cpu_to_le32(NVME_NSID_ALL);
-	c.directive.doper = NVME_DIR_SND_ID_OP_ENABLE;
-	c.directive.dtype = NVME_DIR_IDENTIFY;
-	c.directive.tdtype = NVME_DIR_STREAMS;
-	c.directive.endir = enable ? NVME_DIR_ENDIR : 0;
-
-	return nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ctrl->admin_q, &c, NULL, 0);
-}
-
-static int nvme_disable_streams(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
-{
-	return nvme_toggle_streams(ctrl, false);
-}
-
-static int nvme_enable_streams(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
-{
-	return nvme_toggle_streams(ctrl, true);
-}
-
-static int nvme_get_stream_params(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
-				  struct streams_directive_params *s, u32 nsid)
-{
-	struct nvme_command c = { };
-
-	memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
-
-	c.directive.opcode = nvme_admin_directive_recv;
-	c.directive.nsid = cpu_to_le32(nsid);
-	c.directive.numd = cpu_to_le32(nvme_bytes_to_numd(sizeof(*s)));
-	c.directive.doper = NVME_DIR_RCV_ST_OP_PARAM;
-	c.directive.dtype = NVME_DIR_STREAMS;
-
-	return nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ctrl->admin_q, &c, s, sizeof(*s));
-}
-
-static int nvme_configure_directives(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
-{
-	struct streams_directive_params s;
-	u16 nssa;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!(ctrl->oacs & NVME_CTRL_OACS_DIRECTIVES))
-		return 0;
-	if (!streams)
-		return 0;
-
-	ret = nvme_enable_streams(ctrl);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = nvme_get_stream_params(ctrl, &s, NVME_NSID_ALL);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_disable_stream;
-
-	nssa = le16_to_cpu(s.nssa);
-	if (nssa < BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS - 1) {
-		dev_info(ctrl->device, "too few streams (%u) available\n",
-					nssa);
-		/* this condition is not an error: streams are optional */
-		ret = 0;
-		goto out_disable_stream;
-	}
-
-	ctrl->nr_streams = min_t(u16, nssa, BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS - 1);
-	dev_info(ctrl->device, "Using %u streams\n", ctrl->nr_streams);
-	return 0;
-
-out_disable_stream:
-	nvme_disable_streams(ctrl);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * Check if 'req' has a write hint associated with it. If it does, assign
- * a valid namespace stream to the write.
- */
-static void nvme_assign_write_stream(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
-				     struct request *req, u16 *control,
-				     u32 *dsmgmt)
-{
-	enum rw_hint streamid = req->write_hint;
-
-	if (streamid == WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET || streamid == WRITE_LIFE_NONE)
-		streamid = 0;
-	else {
-		streamid--;
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(streamid > ctrl->nr_streams))
-			return;
-
-		*control |= NVME_RW_DTYPE_STREAMS;
-		*dsmgmt |= streamid << 16;
-	}
-
-	if (streamid < ARRAY_SIZE(req->q->write_hints))
-		req->q->write_hints[streamid] += blk_rq_bytes(req) >> 9;
-}
-
 static inline void nvme_setup_flush(struct nvme_ns *ns,
 		struct nvme_command *cmnd)
 {
@@ -925,7 +819,6 @@ static inline blk_status_t nvme_setup_rw(struct nvme_ns *ns,
 		struct request *req, struct nvme_command *cmnd,
 		enum nvme_opcode op)
 {
-	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = ns->ctrl;
 	u16 control = 0;
 	u32 dsmgmt = 0;
 
@@ -948,9 +841,6 @@ static inline blk_status_t nvme_setup_rw(struct nvme_ns *ns,
 	cmnd->rw.apptag = 0;
 	cmnd->rw.appmask = 0;
 
-	if (req_op(req) == REQ_OP_WRITE && ctrl->nr_streams)
-		nvme_assign_write_stream(ctrl, req, &control, &dsmgmt);
-
 	if (ns->ms) {
 		/*
 		 * If formated with metadata, the block layer always provides a
@@ -1673,9 +1563,6 @@ static void nvme_config_discard(struct gendisk *disk, struct nvme_ns *ns)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (ctrl->nr_streams && ns->sws && ns->sgs)
-		size *= ns->sws * ns->sgs;
-
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct nvme_dsm_range) <
 			NVME_DSM_MAX_RANGES);
 
@@ -1701,31 +1588,6 @@ static bool nvme_ns_ids_equal(struct nvme_ns_ids *a, struct nvme_ns_ids *b)
 		a->csi == b->csi;
 }
 
-static int nvme_setup_streams_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns *ns,
-				 u32 *phys_bs, u32 *io_opt)
-{
-	struct streams_directive_params s;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!ctrl->nr_streams)
-		return 0;
-
-	ret = nvme_get_stream_params(ctrl, &s, ns->head->ns_id);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	ns->sws = le32_to_cpu(s.sws);
-	ns->sgs = le16_to_cpu(s.sgs);
-
-	if (ns->sws) {
-		*phys_bs = ns->sws * (1 << ns->lba_shift);
-		if (ns->sgs)
-			*io_opt = *phys_bs * ns->sgs;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void nvme_configure_metadata(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_id_ns *id)
 {
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = ns->ctrl;
@@ -1817,7 +1679,6 @@ static void nvme_update_disk_info(struct gendisk *disk,
 	blk_integrity_unregister(disk);
 
 	atomic_bs = phys_bs = bs;
-	nvme_setup_streams_ns(ns->ctrl, ns, &phys_bs, &io_opt);
 	if (id->nabo == 0) {
 		/*
 		 * Bit 1 indicates whether NAWUPF is defined for this namespace
@@ -3107,10 +2968,6 @@ int nvme_init_ctrl_finish(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = nvme_configure_directives(ctrl);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
 	ret = nvme_configure_acre(ctrl);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 1ea908d43e17..293a93a15fa6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ struct nvme_ctrl {
 	u16 crdt[3];
 	u16 oncs;
 	u16 oacs;
-	u16 nr_streams;
 	u16 sqsize;
 	u32 max_namespaces;
 	atomic_t abort_limit;
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index d6b7160c2a77..7b66b93d5bfa 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1478,7 +1478,6 @@ static int aio_prep_rw(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb)
 	req->ki_flags = iocb_flags(req->ki_filp);
 	if (iocb->aio_flags & IOCB_FLAG_RESFD)
 		req->ki_flags |= IOCB_EVENTFD;
-	req->ki_hint = ki_hint_validate(file_write_hint(req->ki_filp));
 	if (iocb->aio_flags & IOCB_FLAG_IOPRIO) {
 		/*
 		 * If the IOCB_FLAG_IOPRIO flag of aio_flags is set, then
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index d78b3a2d04e3..724e8fe06aa0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -3329,7 +3329,6 @@ static int alloc_new_bio(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 	bio_ctrl->bio_flags = bio_flags;
 	bio->bi_end_io = end_io_func;
 	bio->bi_private = &inode->io_tree;
-	bio->bi_write_hint = inode->vfs_inode.i_write_hint;
 	bio->bi_opf = opf;
 	ret = calc_bio_boundaries(bio_ctrl, inode, file_offset);
 	if (ret < 0)
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index ed26cb1d381d..d67fbe063a3a 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list);
 static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
-			 enum rw_hint hint, struct writeback_control *wbc);
+			 struct writeback_control *wbc);
 
 #define BH_ENTRY(list) list_entry((list), struct buffer_head, b_assoc_buffers)
 
@@ -1804,8 +1804,7 @@ int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 	do {
 		struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
 		if (buffer_async_write(bh)) {
-			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh,
-					inode->i_write_hint, wbc);
+			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh, wbc);
 			nr_underway++;
 		}
 		bh = next;
@@ -1859,8 +1858,7 @@ recover:
 		struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
 		if (buffer_async_write(bh)) {
 			clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
-			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh,
-					inode->i_write_hint, wbc);
+			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh, wbc);
 			nr_underway++;
 		}
 		bh = next;
@@ -3004,7 +3002,7 @@ static void end_bio_bh_io_sync(struct bio *bio)
 }
 
 static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
-			 enum rw_hint write_hint, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+			 struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct bio *bio;
 
@@ -3030,7 +3028,6 @@ static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
 	fscrypt_set_bio_crypt_ctx_bh(bio, bh, GFP_NOIO);
 
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = bh->b_blocknr * (bh->b_size >> 9);
-	bio->bi_write_hint = write_hint;
 
 	bio_add_page(bio, bh->b_page, bh->b_size, bh_offset(bh));
 	BUG_ON(bio->bi_iter.bi_size != bh->b_size);
@@ -3052,7 +3049,7 @@ static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
 
 int submit_bh(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	return submit_bh_wbc(op, op_flags, bh, 0, NULL);
+	return submit_bh_wbc(op, op_flags, bh, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh);
 
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/io.c b/fs/cachefiles/io.c
index 753986ea1583..bc7c7a7d9260 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/io.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/io.c
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ static int cachefiles_read(struct netfs_cache_resources *cres,
 	ki->iocb.ki_filp	= file;
 	ki->iocb.ki_pos		= start_pos + skipped;
 	ki->iocb.ki_flags	= IOCB_DIRECT;
-	ki->iocb.ki_hint	= ki_hint_validate(file_write_hint(file));
 	ki->iocb.ki_ioprio	= get_current_ioprio();
 	ki->skipped		= skipped;
 	ki->object		= object;
@@ -313,7 +312,6 @@ static int cachefiles_write(struct netfs_cache_resources *cres,
 	ki->iocb.ki_filp	= file;
 	ki->iocb.ki_pos		= start_pos;
 	ki->iocb.ki_flags	= IOCB_DIRECT | IOCB_WRITE;
-	ki->iocb.ki_hint	= ki_hint_validate(file_write_hint(file));
 	ki->iocb.ki_ioprio	= get_current_ioprio();
 	ki->object		= object;
 	ki->inval_counter	= cres->inval_counter;
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 38bca4980a1c..aef06e607b40 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -402,9 +402,6 @@ dio_bio_alloc(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
 		bio->bi_end_io = dio_bio_end_aio;
 	else
 		bio->bi_end_io = dio_bio_end_io;
-
-	bio->bi_write_hint = dio->iocb->ki_hint;
-
 	sdio->bio = bio;
 	sdio->logical_offset_in_bio = sdio->cur_page_fs_offset;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index 17bb78ebd784..495ce59fb4ad 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ void ext4_io_submit(struct ext4_io_submit *io)
 	if (bio) {
 		if (io->io_wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
 			io->io_bio->bi_opf |= REQ_SYNC;
-		io->io_bio->bi_write_hint = io->io_end->inode->i_write_hint;
 		submit_bio(io->io_bio);
 	}
 	io->io_bio = NULL;
@@ -418,10 +417,8 @@ static void io_submit_add_bh(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
 submit_and_retry:
 		ext4_io_submit(io);
 	}
-	if (io->io_bio == NULL) {
+	if (io->io_bio == NULL)
 		io_submit_init_bio(io, bh);
-		io->io_bio->bi_write_hint = inode->i_write_hint;
-	}
 	ret = bio_add_page(io->io_bio, page, bh->b_size, bh_offset(bh));
 	if (ret != bh->b_size)
 		goto submit_and_retry;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index b3131fc8762d..f8fcbe91059b 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -428,8 +428,6 @@ static struct bio *__bio_alloc(struct f2fs_io_info *fio, int npages)
 	} else {
 		bio->bi_end_io = f2fs_write_end_io;
 		bio->bi_private = sbi;
-		bio->bi_write_hint = f2fs_io_type_to_rw_hint(sbi,
-						fio->type, fio->temp);
 	}
 	iostat_alloc_and_bind_ctx(sbi, bio, NULL);
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 68ddf4c7ca64..d3f39a704b8b 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -4482,10 +4482,8 @@ static ssize_t f2fs_dio_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
 	struct f2fs_inode_info *fi = F2FS_I(inode);
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
 	const bool do_opu = f2fs_lfs_mode(sbi);
-	const int whint_mode = F2FS_OPTION(sbi).whint_mode;
 	const loff_t pos = iocb->ki_pos;
 	const ssize_t count = iov_iter_count(from);
-	const enum rw_hint hint = iocb->ki_hint;
 	unsigned int dio_flags;
 	struct iomap_dio *dio;
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -4518,8 +4516,6 @@ static ssize_t f2fs_dio_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
 		if (do_opu)
 			f2fs_down_read(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[READ]);
 	}
-	if (whint_mode == WHINT_MODE_OFF)
-		iocb->ki_hint = WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET;
 
 	/*
 	 * We have to use __iomap_dio_rw() and iomap_dio_complete() instead of
@@ -4542,8 +4538,6 @@ static ssize_t f2fs_dio_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
 		ret = iomap_dio_complete(dio);
 	}
 
-	if (whint_mode == WHINT_MODE_OFF)
-		iocb->ki_hint = hint;
 	if (do_opu)
 		f2fs_up_read(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[READ]);
 	f2fs_up_read(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 9c6c6a3e2de5..f15d885b9796 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -291,22 +291,6 @@ static long fcntl_rw_hint(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	u64 h;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
-	case F_GET_FILE_RW_HINT:
-		h = file_write_hint(file);
-		if (copy_to_user(argp, &h, sizeof(*argp)))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		return 0;
-	case F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT:
-		if (copy_from_user(&h, argp, sizeof(h)))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		hint = (enum rw_hint) h;
-		if (!rw_hint_valid(hint))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
-		file->f_write_hint = hint;
-		spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
-		return 0;
 	case F_GET_RW_HINT:
 		h = inode->i_write_hint;
 		if (copy_to_user(argp, &h, sizeof(*argp)))
@@ -431,8 +415,6 @@ static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
 		break;
 	case F_GET_RW_HINT:
 	case F_SET_RW_HINT:
-	case F_GET_FILE_RW_HINT:
-	case F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT:
 		err = fcntl_rw_hint(filp, cmd, arg);
 		break;
 	default:
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lops.c b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
index 4ae1eefae616..6ba51cbb94cf 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
@@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ static struct bio *gfs2_chain_bio(struct bio *prev, unsigned int nr_iovecs)
 	new = bio_alloc(prev->bi_bdev, nr_iovecs, prev->bi_opf, GFP_NOIO);
 	bio_clone_blkg_association(new, prev);
 	new->bi_iter.bi_sector = bio_end_sector(prev);
-	new->bi_write_hint = prev->bi_write_hint;
 	bio_chain(new, prev);
 	submit_bio(prev);
 	return new;
diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 496a2af7d12c..59e54a6854b7 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3941,7 +3941,6 @@ static int io_write_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 {
 	if (unlikely(!(req->file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)))
 		return -EBADF;
-	req->rw.kiocb.ki_hint = ki_hint_validate(file_write_hint(req->file));
 	return io_prep_rw(req, sqe);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
index dffd2cac8113..d5fbd860c8cd 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
@@ -1222,7 +1222,6 @@ iomap_alloc_ioend(struct inode *inode, struct iomap_writepage_ctx *wpc,
 			       REQ_OP_WRITE | wbc_to_write_flags(wbc),
 			       GFP_NOFS, &iomap_ioend_bioset);
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
-	bio->bi_write_hint = inode->i_write_hint;
 	wbc_init_bio(wbc, bio);
 
 	ioend = container_of(bio, struct iomap_ioend, io_inline_bio);
@@ -1253,7 +1252,6 @@ iomap_chain_bio(struct bio *prev)
 	new = bio_alloc(prev->bi_bdev, BIO_MAX_VECS, prev->bi_opf, GFP_NOFS);
 	bio_clone_blkg_association(new, prev);
 	new->bi_iter.bi_sector = bio_end_sector(prev);
-	new->bi_write_hint = prev->bi_write_hint;
 
 	bio_chain(prev, new);
 	bio_get(prev);		/* for iomap_finish_ioend */
diff --git a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
index 67cf9c16f80c..b08f5dc31780 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ static loff_t iomap_dio_bio_iter(const struct iomap_iter *iter,
 		fscrypt_set_bio_crypt_ctx(bio, inode, pos >> inode->i_blkbits,
 					  GFP_KERNEL);
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = iomap_sector(iomap, pos);
-		bio->bi_write_hint = dio->iocb->ki_hint;
 		bio->bi_ioprio = dio->iocb->ki_ioprio;
 		bio->bi_private = dio;
 		bio->bi_end_io = iomap_dio_bio_end_io;
diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index 9ed1e58e8d70..3e18c6e82e60 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -588,7 +588,6 @@ alloc_new:
 				GFP_NOFS);
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = blocks[0] << (blkbits - 9);
 		wbc_init_bio(wbc, bio);
-		bio->bi_write_hint = inode->i_write_hint;
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 9ff2f621b760..1315253e0247 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -835,7 +835,6 @@ static int do_dentry_open(struct file *f,
 	     likely(f->f_op->write || f->f_op->write_iter))
 		f->f_mode |= FMODE_CAN_WRITE;
 
-	f->f_write_hint = WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET;
 	f->f_flags &= ~(O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_NOCTTY | O_TRUNC);
 
 	file_ra_state_init(&f->f_ra, f->f_mapping->host->i_mapping);
diff --git a/fs/zonefs/super.c b/fs/zonefs/super.c
index 804b6e265685..3614c7834007 100644
--- a/fs/zonefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/zonefs/super.c
@@ -695,7 +695,6 @@ static ssize_t zonefs_file_dio_append(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	bio = bio_alloc(bdev, nr_pages,
 			REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND | REQ_SYNC | REQ_IDLE, GFP_NOFS);
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = zi->i_zsector;
-	bio->bi_write_hint = iocb->ki_hint;
 	bio->bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio;
 	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DSYNC)
 		bio->bi_opf |= REQ_FUA;
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 0c85f75f2fc5..dd0763a1c674 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ struct bio {
 						 */
 	unsigned short		bi_flags;	/* BIO_* below */
 	unsigned short		bi_ioprio;
-	unsigned short		bi_write_hint;
 	blk_status_t		bi_status;
 	atomic_t		__bi_remaining;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index fe2b2b2dfc5b..60d016138997 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -517,9 +517,6 @@ struct request_queue {
 
 	bool			mq_sysfs_init_done;
 
-#define BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS	5
-	u64			write_hints[BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS];
-
 	/*
 	 * Independent sector access ranges. This is always NULL for
 	 * devices that do not have multiple independent access ranges.
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index da3fc3cd2428..183160872133 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ struct kiocb {
 	void (*ki_complete)(struct kiocb *iocb, long ret);
 	void			*private;
 	int			ki_flags;
-	u16			ki_hint;
 	u16			ki_ioprio; /* See linux/ioprio.h */
 	struct wait_page_queue	*ki_waitq; /* for async buffered IO */
 	randomized_struct_fields_end
@@ -973,7 +972,6 @@ struct file {
 	 * Must not be taken from IRQ context.
 	 */
 	spinlock_t		f_lock;
-	enum rw_hint		f_write_hint;
 	atomic_long_t		f_count;
 	unsigned int 		f_flags;
 	fmode_t			f_mode;
@@ -2222,31 +2220,13 @@ static inline bool HAS_UNMAPPED_ID(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 	       !gid_valid(i_gid_into_mnt(mnt_userns, inode));
 }
 
-static inline enum rw_hint file_write_hint(struct file *file)
-{
-	if (file->f_write_hint != WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET)
-		return file->f_write_hint;
-
-	return file_inode(file)->i_write_hint;
-}
-
 static inline int iocb_flags(struct file *file);
 
-static inline u16 ki_hint_validate(enum rw_hint hint)
-{
-	typeof(((struct kiocb *)0)->ki_hint) max_hint = -1;
-
-	if (hint <= max_hint)
-		return hint;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline void init_sync_kiocb(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct file *filp)
 {
 	*kiocb = (struct kiocb) {
 		.ki_filp = filp,
 		.ki_flags = iocb_flags(filp),
-		.ki_hint = ki_hint_validate(file_write_hint(filp)),
 		.ki_ioprio = get_current_ioprio(),
 	};
 }
@@ -2257,7 +2237,6 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src,
 	*kiocb = (struct kiocb) {
 		.ki_filp = filp,
 		.ki_flags = kiocb_src->ki_flags,
-		.ki_hint = kiocb_src->ki_hint,
 		.ki_ioprio = kiocb_src->ki_ioprio,
 		.ki_pos = kiocb_src->ki_pos,
 	};
diff --git a/include/trace/events/f2fs.h b/include/trace/events/f2fs.h
index f701bb23f83c..1779e133cea0 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/f2fs.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/f2fs.h
@@ -956,12 +956,11 @@ TRACE_EVENT(f2fs_direct_IO_enter,
 		__entry->rw	= rw;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("dev = (%d,%d), ino = %lu pos = %lld len = %lu ki_flags = %x ki_hint = %x ki_ioprio = %x rw = %d",
+	TP_printk("dev = (%d,%d), ino = %lu pos = %lld len = %lu ki_flags = %x ki_ioprio = %x rw = %d",
 		show_dev_ino(__entry),
 		__entry->iocb->ki_pos,
 		__entry->len,
 		__entry->iocb->ki_flags,
-		__entry->iocb->ki_hint,
 		__entry->iocb->ki_ioprio,
 		__entry->rw)
 );