linux-ext4 - [PATCH 5/6] ext4: remove useless code in ext4_ext

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Date:	Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:03:24 +0800
From:	Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com>
To:	tytso@....edu
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] ext4: remove useless code in ext4_ext_split

New allocated blocks have been checked after allocating,
so there is no need to recheck them.

Signed-off-by: Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com>
---
 fs/ext4/extents.c |    5 -----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 720070d..d483635 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -857,11 +857,6 @@ static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	/* initialize new leaf */
 	newblock = ablocks[--a];
-	if (unlikely(newblock == 0)) {
-		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "newblock == 0!");
-		err = -EIO;
-		goto cleanup;
-	}
 	bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, newblock);
 	if (!bh) {
 		err = -EIO;
-- 
1.7.5.1

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