linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] block-rbd: Delete a check before ceph_put_snap

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 1 Dec 2014 14:57:51 +0300
From:	Ilya Dryomov <ilya.dryomov@...tank.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>, Sage Weil <sage@...tank.com>,
	Yehuda Sadeh <yehuda@...tank.com>,
	Ceph <ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] block-rbd: Delete a check before ceph_put_snap_context()

On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 1:23 PM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 11:18:21 +0100
>
> The ceph_put_snap_context() function tests whether its argument is NULL
> and then returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/block/rbd.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
> index 27b71a0..3c34ab5 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
> @@ -3405,8 +3405,7 @@ err_rq:
>         if (result)
>                 rbd_warn(rbd_dev, "%s %llx at %llx result %d",
>                          obj_op_name(op_type), length, offset, result);
> -       if (snapc)
> -               ceph_put_snap_context(snapc);
> +       ceph_put_snap_context(snapc);
>         blk_end_request_all(rq, result);
>  }
>

I squashed it into your "ceph: Deletion of unnecessary checks before two
function calls", which deals with ceph_put_snap_context() in fs/ceph.

Thanks,

                Ilya
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/