linux-ext4 - [PATCH 1/3] Ext2: remove the overhead check about sb in the function ext2_new

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Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:01:17 -0800
From:	Wang Shilong <wangshilong1991@...il.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Ext2: remove the overhead check about sb in the function
 ext2_new_blocks

From: Wang Shilong <wangsl-fnst@...fujitsu.com>

It can be guranteed that inode->i_sb should not be null in vfs.
So here the check about it is overhead.

Signed-off-by: Wang Shilong <wangsl-fnst@...fujitsu.com>
---
fs/ext2/balloc.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index 1c36139..22993a0 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -1239,10 +1239,6 @@ ext2_fsblk_t ext2_new_blocks(struct inode *inode, ext2_fsblk_t goal,

*errp = -ENOSPC;
sb = inode->i_sb;
- if (!sb) {
- printk("ext2_new_blocks: nonexistent device");
- return 0;
- }

/*
* Check quota for allocation of this block.
-- 
1.7.11.7

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