linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: check inline directory before converting

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Date:	Tue, 5 Aug 2014 12:20:12 +0000 (UTC)
From:	Patrick Palka <patrick@...cs.ath.cx>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: check inline directory before converting

Hi,

Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong <at> oracle.com> writes:

> +int ext4_check_all_de(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *bh, void 
*buf,
> +		      int buf_size)
> +{
> +	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
> +	int nlen, rlen;

Is nlen actually used in this function?

> +	unsigned int offset = 0;
> +	char *top;
> +
> +	de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)buf;
> +	top = buf + buf_size;
> +	while ((char *) de < top) {
> +		if (ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, NULL, de, bh,
> +					 buf, buf_size, offset))
> +			return -EIO;
> +		nlen = EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len);

It is set here, but its value is never used.

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