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Date:	Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:57:30 -0500
From:	Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] fs/nfs/direct.c: remove dead code

commit b9148c6b should be reverted.  It was recently forward-ported  
from some years-old patches, and is clearly not needed now.

On Dec 11, 2007, at 5:21 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> This code became dead after commit  
> b9148c6b80d802dbc2a7530b29915a80432e50c7
> (which BTW doesn't seem to have changed any behaviour) and can  
> therefore
> be removed.
>
> Spotted by the Coverity checker.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
>
> ---
> --- linux-2.6/fs/nfs/direct.c.old	2007-12-02 21:54:53.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/nfs/direct.c	2007-12-02 21:55:10.000000000 +0100
> @@ -897,15 +897,12 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_direct_write(struct kio
>  	if (!count)
>  		goto out;	/* return 0 */
>
>  	retval = -EINVAL;
>  	if ((ssize_t) count < 0)
>  		goto out;
> -	retval = 0;
> -	if (!count)
> -		goto out;
>
>  	retval = nfs_sync_mapping(mapping);
>  	if (retval)
>  		goto out;
>
>  	retval = nfs_direct_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, pos, count);
>

--
Chuck Lever
chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com



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