linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH linux-next] fs:disk-io: emove unneeded variable

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Message-ID: <cf66c150-5587-9537-051a-b80cf81df245@gmx.com>
Date:   Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:38:09 +0800
From:   Qu Wenruo <quwenruo.btrfs@....com>
To:     CGEL <cgel.zte@...il.com>, Chris Mason <clm@...com>
Cc:     Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jing Yangyang <jing.yangyang@....com.cn>,
        Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next] fs:disk-io: emove unneeded variable



On 2021/8/25 下午2:27, CGEL wrote:
> From: Jing Yangyang <jing.yangyang@....com.cn>
>
> Eliminate the following coccicheck warning:
> ./fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:4630: 5-8:
>   Unneeded variable  "ret". Return "0" on line 4638
>
> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Jing Yangyang <jing.yangyang@....com.cn>

There is a big BUG_ON() in the code, indicating missing error handling.

Ignoring it and just removing the @ret is never a real fix, please add
proper error handling first.

Thanks,
Qu
> ---
>   fs/btrfs/disk-io.c | 5 ++---
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
> index a66e2cb..e531c4c 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
> @@ -4627,7 +4627,6 @@ static int btrfs_destroy_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_transaction *trans,
>   	struct rb_node *node;
>   	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs;
>   	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref;
> -	int ret = 0;
>
>   	delayed_refs = &trans->delayed_refs;
>
> @@ -4635,7 +4634,7 @@ static int btrfs_destroy_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_transaction *trans,
>   	if (atomic_read(&delayed_refs->num_entries) == 0) {
>   		spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
>   		btrfs_debug(fs_info, "delayed_refs has NO entry");
> -		return ret;
> +		return 0;
>   	}
>
>   	while ((node = rb_first_cached(&delayed_refs->href_root)) != NULL) {
> @@ -4698,7 +4697,7 @@ static int btrfs_destroy_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_transaction *trans,
>
>   	spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
>
> -	return ret;
> +	return 0;
>   }
>
>   static void btrfs_destroy_delalloc_inodes(struct btrfs_root *root)
>