linux-kernel - [PATCH] xfs: remove impossible condition

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Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2016 12:43:57 +0000
From:	Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	xfs@....sgi.com, david@...morbit.com, bfoster@...hat.com,
	sandeen@...deen.net, namjae.jeon@...sung.com, cmaiolino@...hat.com,
	darrick.wong@...cle.com, billodo@...hat.com,
	Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com>
Subject: [PATCH] xfs: remove impossible condition

bp_release is set to 0 just before the breakpoint of the for loop before
the conditional check (in line 458). The other breakpoint is a goto that
skips the dead code.

Addresses-Coverity-Id: 102338

Signed-off-by: Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com>
---

Hi,

Thanks for reviewing this :)

Luis

 fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 6a05166..1171795 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -477,10 +477,7 @@ xfs_bmap_check_leaf_extents(
 		}
 		block = XFS_BUF_TO_BLOCK(bp);
 	}
-	if (bp_release) {
-		bp_release = 0;
-		xfs_trans_brelse(NULL, bp);
-	}
+
 	return;
 
 error0:
-- 
2.5.1