linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: remove unneeded check of nr_to

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Message-ID: <7833722c-3618-14f5-0e49-cff96eb06ea8@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Mar 2023 04:08:02 -0700
From:   Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: remove unneeded check of nr_to_submit


On 3/16/23 9:58 PM, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 04:48:31PM -0400, Tom Rix wrote:
>> cppcheck reports
>> fs/ext4/page-io.c:516:51: style:
>>    Condition 'nr_to_submit' is always true [knownConditionTrueFalse]
>>   if (fscrypt_inode_uses_fs_layer_crypto(inode) && nr_to_submit) {
>>                                                    ^
>> This earlier check to bail, makes this check unncessary
>> 	/* Nothing to submit? Just unlock the page... */
>> 	if (!nr_to_submit)
>> 		return 0;
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
> Maybe add:
>
> Fixes: dff4ac75eeee ("ext4: move keep_towrite handling to ext4_bio_write_page()")

The rule of thumb I use is 'would this require a recompile?'

In this case, the existing code will work, so no fixes:

Tom

> Either way, looks good to me.
>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
>
> - Eric
>