linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: remove unreachable code in ext4_can_extents_be

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Date:	Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:00:19 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: remove unreachable code in ext4_can_extents_be_merged()

commit
ec22ba8e ext4: disable merging of uninitialized extents

ensured that if either extent under consideration is uninit,
we decline to merge, and immediately return.

But right after that test, we test again for an uninit
extent; we can never hit this.  So just remove the impossible
test and associated variable.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
---

Disclosure: compile-tested only.

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 54d52af..de6d467 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ int
 ext4_can_extents_be_merged(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex1,
 				struct ext4_extent *ex2)
 {
-	unsigned short ext1_ee_len, ext2_ee_len, max_len;
+	unsigned short ext1_ee_len, ext2_ee_len;
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure that both extents are initialized. We don't merge
@@ -1677,11 +1677,6 @@ ext4_can_extents_be_merged(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex1,
 	if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex1) || ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex2))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex1))
-		max_len = EXT_UNINIT_MAX_LEN;
-	else
-		max_len = EXT_INIT_MAX_LEN;
-
 	ext1_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex1);
 	ext2_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex2);
 
@@ -1694,7 +1689,7 @@ ext4_can_extents_be_merged(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex1,
 	 * as an RO_COMPAT feature, refuse to merge to extents if
 	 * this can result in the top bit of ee_len being set.
 	 */
-	if (ext1_ee_len + ext2_ee_len > max_len)
+	if (ext1_ee_len + ext2_ee_len > EXT_INIT_MAX_LEN)
 		return 0;
 #ifdef AGGRESSIVE_TEST
 	if (ext1_ee_len >= 4)

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