linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nilfs2: remove redundant continue statement in a while-loop

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Date:   Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:34:38 +0900
From:   Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     linux-nilfs <linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nilfs2: remove redundant continue statement in a while-loop

Thank you.  This change is correct also in view of the expected
behavior of the function
(it really is unnecessary).
I will send this to upstream.

Regards,
Ryusuke Konishi

On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 7:05 PM Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> The continue statement at the end of the while-loop is redundant,
> remove it.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Continue has no effect")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  fs/nilfs2/btree.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/btree.c b/fs/nilfs2/btree.c
> index f42ab57201e7..ab9ec073330f 100644
> --- a/fs/nilfs2/btree.c
> +++ b/fs/nilfs2/btree.c
> @@ -738,7 +738,6 @@ static int nilfs_btree_lookup_contig(const struct nilfs_bmap *btree,
>                         if (ptr2 != ptr + cnt || ++cnt == maxblocks)
>                                 goto end;
>                         index++;
> -                       continue;
>                 }
>                 if (level == maxlevel)
>                         break;
> --
> 2.31.1
>