linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix the loop condition in ext4_mb_free_committed

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Message-ID: <20080611113435.GD9008@skywalker>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:04:35 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Shen Feng <shen@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>,
	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix the loop condition in
	ext4_mb_free_committed_blocks

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:55:45AM +0800, Shen Feng wrote:
> 
> Since md is freed before the do-while checks it,
> it's better to change it to while(1).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shen Feng <shen@...fujitsu.com>

Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

> ---
>  fs/ext4/mballoc.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> index 42553f6..063f820 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> @@ -2572,7 +2572,7 @@ ext4_mb_free_committed_blocks(struct super_block *sb)
>  		kfree(md);
>  		ext4_mb_release_desc(&e4b);
> 
> -	} while (md);
> +	} while (1);
> 
>  	mb_debug("freed %u blocks in %u structures\n", count, count2);
>  }
> -- 
> 1.5.4.5
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