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Date:   Tue, 7 Jun 2022 18:58:53 +0300
From:   Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@...agon-software.com>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
CC:     <ntfs3@...ts.linux.dev>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: Remove a useless test



On 12/23/21 15:20, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'new_free' has just been allocated by kmalloc() and is known to be not
> NULL.
> So this pointer can't be equal to a previous memory allocation, or there
> would be trouble in paradise.
> 
> Axe the always true test and make the code more readable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> ---
>   fs/ntfs3/bitmap.c | 4 +---
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/bitmap.c b/fs/ntfs3/bitmap.c
> index aa184407520f..e3b5680fd516 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs3/bitmap.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs3/bitmap.c
> @@ -1333,9 +1333,7 @@ int wnd_extend(struct wnd_bitmap *wnd, size_t new_bits)
>   		if (!new_free)
>   			return -ENOMEM;
>   
> -		if (new_free != wnd->free_bits)
> -			memcpy(new_free, wnd->free_bits,
> -			       wnd->nwnd * sizeof(short));
> +		memcpy(new_free, wnd->free_bits, wnd->nwnd * sizeof(short));
>   		memset(new_free + wnd->nwnd, 0,
>   		       (new_wnd - wnd->nwnd) * sizeof(short));
>   		kfree(wnd->free_bits);

Thanks for patch, applied!

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