linux-kernel - [PATCH] [v2] posix-acl: avoid -Wempty-body warning

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Date:   Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:13:59 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
To:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        James Morris <jamorris@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] [v2] posix-acl: avoid -Wempty-body warning

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

The fallthrough comment for an ignored cmpxchg() return value
produces a harmless warning with 'make W=1':

fs/posix_acl.c: In function 'get_acl':
fs/posix_acl.c:127:36: error: suggest braces around empty body in an 'if' statement [-Werror=empty-body]
  127 |                 /* fall through */ ;
      |                                    ^

Simplify it as a step towards a clean W=1 build.  As all architectures
define cmpxchg() as a statement expression these days, it is no longer
necessary to evaluate its return code, and the if() can just be droped.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 fs/posix_acl.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index f3309a7edb49..7f939f6add7d 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ struct posix_acl *get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	 * to just call ->get_acl to fetch the ACL ourself.  (This is going to
 	 * be an unlikely race.)
 	 */
-	if (cmpxchg(p, ACL_NOT_CACHED, sentinel) != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
-		/* fall through */ ;
+	cmpxchg(p, ACL_NOT_CACHED, sentinel);
 
 	/*
 	 * Normally, the ACL returned by ->get_acl will be cached.
-- 
2.29.2