linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v15 4/9] ext4: Reuse generic_ci

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Message-ID: <20240403034328.GF2576@sol.localdomain>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 20:43:28 -0700
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@...labora.com>
Cc: tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	jaegeuk@...nel.org, chao@...nel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...labora.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, brauner@...nel.org,
	jack@...e.cz, krisman@...e.de,
	Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 4/9] ext4: Reuse generic_ci_match for ci comparisons

On Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 06:48:37PM +0300, Eugen Hristev wrote:
> +		ret = generic_ci_match(parent, fname->usr_fname,
> +				       &fname->cf_name, de->name,
> +				       de->name_len);
> +		if (ret < 0) {
> +			/*
> +			 * Treat comparison errors as not a match.  The
> +			 * only case where it happens is on a disk
> +			 * corruption or ENOMEM.
> +			 */
> +			return false;
>  		}
> -		return !ext4_ci_compare(parent, fname->usr_fname, de->name,
> -						de->name_len, false);
> +		return ret;

Maybe write this as simply 'return ret > 0;'?

- Eric