linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: clean up error return for convert_initialized

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Date:   Thu, 5 Mar 2020 20:28:59 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Eric Whitney <enwlinux@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: clean up error return for
 convert_initialized_extent()

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 03:26:56PM -0500, Eric Whitney wrote:
> Although convert_initialized_extent() can potentially return an error
> code with a negative value, its returned value is assigned to an
> unsigned variable containing a block count in ext4_ext_map_blocks() and
> then returned to that function's caller. The code currently works,
> though the way this happens is obscure.  The code would be more
> readable if it followed the error handling convention used elsewhere
> in ext4_ext_map_blocks().
> 
> This patch does not address any known test failure or bug report - it's
> simply a cleanup.  It also addresses a nearby coding standard issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Whitney <enwlinux@...il.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted