linux-ext4 - [PATCH] Ext4: remove a useless check for the function ext4_data_block

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Message-ID: <4D40A420.8060207@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:45:52 -0800
From:	Wang Shilong <wangshilong1991@...il.com>
To:	tytso@....edu
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Ext4: remove a useless check for the function ext4_data_block_valid

From: Wang Shilong <wangsl-fnst@...fujitsu.com>

Because it is no doubt 'start_blk + count < start_blk' always comes to
false. It is useless to have this check,remove it.

Signed-off-by: Wang Shilong <wangsl-fnst@...fujitsu.com>
---
 fs/ext4/block_validity.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/block_validity.c b/fs/ext4/block_validity.c
index 3f11656..5ffce82 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/block_validity.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/block_validity.c
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ int ext4_data_block_valid(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, ext4_fsblk_t start_blk,
 	struct rb_node *n = sbi->system_blks.rb_node;
 
 	if ((start_blk <= le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_first_data_block)) ||
-	    (start_blk + count < start_blk) ||
 	    (start_blk + count > ext4_blocks_count(sbi->s_es))) {
 		sbi->s_es->s_last_error_block = cpu_to_le64(start_blk);
 		return 0;
-- 1.7.11.7

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