linux-ext4 - [patch 201/354] ext4_ext_split(): remove dead code

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Date:	Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:37:25 -0800
From:	akpm@...l.org
To:	torvalds@...l.org
Subject: [patch 201/354] ext4_ext_split(): remove dead code

From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>

The Coverity checker noted that this was dead code, since in all places
above in this function, "err" is immediately checked.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc: <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
---

 fs/ext4/extents.c |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff -puN fs/ext4/extents.c~ext4_ext_split-remove-dead-code fs/ext4/extents.c
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c~ext4_ext_split-remove-dead-code
+++ a/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -800,9 +800,6 @@ static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *hand
 	}
 
 	/* insert new index */
-	if (err)
-		goto cleanup;
-
 	err = ext4_ext_insert_index(handle, inode, path + at,
 				    le32_to_cpu(border), newblock);
 
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