linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] ext4: No need to check return value of block_commit

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Date:   Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:59:42 +0200
From:   Bean Huo <huobean@...il.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Bean Huo <beanhuo@...pp.de>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, brauner@...nel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jack@...e.cz, jack@...e.com,
        tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, mark@...heh.com,
        jlbec@...lplan.org, joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com,
        beanhuo@...ron.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] ext4: No need to check return value of
 block_commit_write()

On Mon, 2023-06-19 at 21:48 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 11:18:24PM +0200, Bean Huo wrote:
> > From: Bean Huo <beanhuo@...ron.com>
> > 
> > Remove unnecessary check on the return value of
> > block_commit_write(),
> > because it always returns 0.
> 
> Dropping the error check before the function signature is changes is
> really odd.  I'd suggest to merge this and the following patches into
> a single one.

No problem, I will merge them together, thanks.

Kind regards,
Bean