linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Delete unnecessary checks before brelse()

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Date:   Thu, 6 Aug 2020 00:09:36 -0400
From:   tytso@....edu
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Delete unnecessary checks before brelse()

On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 08:07:56PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 19:12:24 +0200
> 
> The brelse() function tests whether its argument is NULL
> and then returns immediately.
> Thus remove the tests which are not needed around the shown calls.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Applied, thanks.

						- Ted