linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Function btree_get_extent: Incorrect if-else if statement

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Date:	Mon, 6 Sep 2010 22:15:02 +0800
From:	Zhu Yanhai <zhu.yanhai@...il.com>
To:	André Nogueira <andre.neo.net@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Function btree_get_extent: Incorrect if-else if statement

This is not correct.

2010/8/9 André Nogueira <andre.neo.net@...il.com>:
> The btree_get_extent function (in file disk-io.c) calls the
> add_extent_mapping (in file extent_map.c). The add_extent_mapping
> function can return two values: 0 or -EEXIST.

It might return some other error values besides -EEXIST, the 'else if
(ret)' branch
is just against them.
Namely, we should do some thing special when EEXIST, and do another things
for all other errors.

Regards,
Zhu Yanhai
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