linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: Delete unnecessary checks before brelse()

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Date:   Sat, 13 Jun 2020 20:07:56 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: Delete unnecessary checks before brelse()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 19:12:24 +0200

The brelse() function tests whether its argument is NULL
and then returns immediately.
Thus remove the tests which are not needed around the shown calls.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 fs/ext4/extents.c | 6 ++----
 fs/ext4/xattr.c   | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 221f240eae60..315276d50aa8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -693,10 +693,8 @@ void ext4_ext_drop_refs(struct ext4_ext_path *path)
 		return;
 	depth = path->p_depth;
 	for (i = 0; i <= depth; i++, path++) {
-		if (path->p_bh) {
-			brelse(path->p_bh);
-			path->p_bh = NULL;
-		}
+		brelse(path->p_bh);
+		path->p_bh = NULL;
 	}
 }

diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 9b29a40738ac..eb997ce21be3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1354,8 +1354,7 @@ static int ext4_xattr_inode_write(handle_t *handle, struct inode *ea_inode,

 	block = 0;
 	while (wsize < bufsize) {
-		if (bh != NULL)
-			brelse(bh);
+		brelse(bh);
 		csize = (bufsize - wsize) > blocksize ? blocksize :
 								bufsize - wsize;
 		bh = ext4_getblk(handle, ea_inode, block, 0);
--
2.27.0