linux-kernel - [PATCH] ubi: remove dead code in validate_vid

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Date:   Sat, 19 Dec 2020 20:49:10 +0800
From:   Jubin Zhong <zhongjubin@...wei.com>
To:     <richard@....at>, <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>, <vigneshr@...com>
CC:     <wangfangpeng1@...wei.com>, <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ubi: remove dead code in validate_vid_hdr()

data_size is already checked against zero when vol_type matches
UBI_VID_STATIC. Remove the following dead code.

Signed-off-by: Jubin Zhong <zhongjubin@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
index 2f3312c..8a7306c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
@@ -913,12 +913,7 @@ static int validate_vid_hdr(const struct ubi_device *ubi,
 				ubi_err(ubi, "bad data_size");
 				goto bad;
 			}
-		} else if (lnum == used_ebs - 1) {
-			if (data_size == 0) {
-				ubi_err(ubi, "bad data_size at last LEB");
-				goto bad;
-			}
-		} else {
+		} else if (lnum > used_ebs - 1) {
 			ubi_err(ubi, "too high lnum");
 			goto bad;
 		}
-- 
1.8.5.6