linux-kernel - Re: xfs_icache.c:1298]: (style) Redundant condition

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Date:	Sun, 31 Jul 2016 23:32:08 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	David Binderman <linuxdev.baldrick@...il.com>
Cc:	david@...morbit.com, xfs@....sgi.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	dcb314@...mail.com
Subject: Re: xfs_icache.c:1298]: (style) Redundant condition

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 04:13:28PM +0100, David Binderman wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> linux-4.7/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c:1298]: (style) Redundant condition:
> eofb. '!eofb || (eofb && eofb.eof_scan_owner!=0)' is equivalent to
> '!eofb || eofb.eof_scan_owner!=0'
> 
> Source code is
> 
>    ASSERT(!eofb || (eofb && eofb->eof_scan_owner != 0));
> 
> Maybe better code
> 
>    ASSERT(!eofb || (eofb->eof_scan_owner != 0));

Yes, that would be better.  But it's probably not worth changing
existing code just for that.