linux-kernel - Unnecessary #ifdef in commit c863114122ac

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Date:	Thu, 21 May 2015 12:59:03 +0200
From:	Andreas Ruprecht <andreas.ruprecht@....de>
To:	Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
CC:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Uday Savagaonkar <savagaon@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>,
	Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@...il.com>,
	Stefan Hengelein <stefan.hengelein@....de>
Subject: Unnecessary #ifdef in commit c863114122ac

Hi Jaegeuk,

your commit c863114122ac ("f2fs crypto: add symlink encryption") showed
up in linux-next today (i.e., next-20150521). I noticed it because we
run a daily analysis on linux-next, checking for inconsistencies
regarding #ifdef blocks [0,1].

In the commit, you create nested #ifdef blocks like the following:

#ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_ENCRYPTION
[...]
#ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_XATTR
[...]
#endif
[...]
#endif

The inner #ifdef, however, is unnecessary as CONFIG_F2FS_FS_XATTR is
defined with a dependency on CONFIG_F2FS_FS_ENCRYPTION (line 78 in the
corresponding Kconfig file at fs/f2fs/Kconfig).

This means, CONFIG_F2FS_FS_XATTR can never be disabled if
CONFIG_F2FS_FS_ENCRYPTION is enabled, and that the inner #ifdef can
safely be removed.

Do you want me to send a patch for this or do you want to do this yourself?

Best regards,

Andreas

[0] https://cados.cs.fau.de
[1] http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/2014/ocw/proposals/1863
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