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

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Message-ID: <20131108032600.GA11668@thunk.org>
Date:	Thu, 7 Nov 2013 22:26:00 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: remove unreachable code in
 ext4_can_extents_be_merged()

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 04:00:19PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 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>

Thanks, applied

					- Ted
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