linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH linux-next] nilfs2: Remove the unneeded result variable

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Date:   Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:00:34 +0900
From:   Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>
To:     cgel.zte@...il.com
Cc:     linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ye xingchen <ye.xingchen@....com.cn>,
        Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next] nilfs2: Remove the unneeded result variable

On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 12:34 PM wrote:
>
> From: ye xingchen <ye.xingchen@....com.cn>
>
> Return the value nilfs_segctor_sync() directly instead of storing it in
> another redundant variable.
>
> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
> Signed-off-by: ye xingchen <ye.xingchen@....com.cn>
> ---
>  fs/nilfs2/segment.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
> index 0afe0832c754..9abae2c9120e 100644
> --- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
> +++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
> @@ -2235,7 +2235,6 @@ int nilfs_construct_segment(struct super_block *sb)
>         struct the_nilfs *nilfs = sb->s_fs_info;
>         struct nilfs_sc_info *sci = nilfs->ns_writer;
>         struct nilfs_transaction_info *ti;
> -       int err;
>
>         if (!sci)
>                 return -EROFS;
> @@ -2243,8 +2242,7 @@ int nilfs_construct_segment(struct super_block *sb)
>         /* A call inside transactions causes a deadlock. */
>         BUG_ON((ti = current->journal_info) && ti->ti_magic == NILFS_TI_MAGIC);
>
> -       err = nilfs_segctor_sync(sci);
> -       return err;
> +       return nilfs_segctor_sync(sci);
>  }
>
>  /**
> --
> 2.25.1

The patch is not wrong though this kind of minor rewrite seems endless.
Anyway, I would like to queue this unless there is an objection.

Thanks,
Ryusuke Konishi