linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: remove redundant test on unsigned

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Message-ID: <4A400B53.2080903@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:53:07 +0200
From:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
To:	tytso@....edu
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: remove redundant test on unsigned

unsigned i_block cannot be less than 0.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
---
Maybe a test `if (i_block > MAX)' but what should MAX be?

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 7c17ae2..3cd567d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -343,9 +343,7 @@ static int ext4_block_to_path(struct inode *inode,
 	int n = 0;
 	int final = 0;
 
-	if (i_block < 0) {
-		ext4_warning(inode->i_sb, "ext4_block_to_path", "block < 0");
-	} else if (i_block < direct_blocks) {
+	if (i_block < direct_blocks) {
 		offsets[n++] = i_block;
 		final = direct_blocks;
 	} else if ((i_block -= direct_blocks) < indirect_blocks) {
--
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