linux-ext4 - [PATCH 3/3] ext4: Drop duplicate ea_inode handling in ext4_xattr_block

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Message-Id: <20240209112107.10585-3-jack@suse.cz>
Date: Fri,  9 Feb 2024 12:21:01 +0100
From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To: Ted Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc: <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] ext4: Drop duplicate ea_inode handling in ext4_xattr_block_set()

ext4_xattr_block_set() drops ea_inode reference in two places. Handling
it just under the 'cleanup' label is enough so drop the second
occurence.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
---
 fs/ext4/xattr.c | 11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index e7e1ffff8eba..040a40908f39 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -2127,17 +2127,6 @@ ext4_xattr_block_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 						      ENTRY(header(s->base)+1));
 			if (error)
 				goto getblk_failed;
-			if (ea_inode) {
-				/* Drop the extra ref on ea_inode. */
-				error = ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref(handle,
-								 ea_inode);
-				if (error)
-					ext4_warning_inode(ea_inode,
-							   "dec ref error=%d",
-							   error);
-				iput(ea_inode);
-				ea_inode = NULL;
-			}
 
 			lock_buffer(new_bh);
 			error = ext4_journal_get_create_access(handle, sb,
-- 
2.35.3