linux-kernel - [PATCH] ext4: remove useless resetting io_end_size in mpage_process

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Date:   Tue, 26 Oct 2021 05:18:03 +0700
From:   Nghia Le <nghialm78@...il.com>
To:     tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca
Cc:     Nghia Le <nghialm78@...il.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: remove useless resetting io_end_size in mpage_process_page()

The command "make clang-analyzer" detects dead stores in
mpage_process_page() function.

Do not reset io_end_size to 0 in the current paths, as the function
exits on those paths without further using io_end_size.

Signed-off-by: Nghia Le <nghialm78@...il.com>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 0f06305167d5..03efed2ed1ea 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2260,7 +2260,6 @@ static int mpage_process_page(struct mpage_da_data *mpd, struct page *page,
 			mpd->map.m_len = 0;
 			mpd->map.m_flags = 0;
 			io_end_vec->size += io_end_size;
-			io_end_size = 0;
 
 			err = mpage_process_page_bufs(mpd, head, bh, lblk);
 			if (err > 0)
@@ -2285,7 +2284,6 @@ static int mpage_process_page(struct mpage_da_data *mpd, struct page *page,
 	} while (lblk++, (bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
 
 	io_end_vec->size += io_end_size;
-	io_end_size = 0;
 	*map_bh = false;
 out:
 	*m_lblk = lblk;
-- 
2.25.1