linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] xfs: donot need to check return value of xlog

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Message-ID: <YxDZAP8zfQFqWFWY@magnolia>
Date:   Thu, 1 Sep 2022 09:08:32 -0700
From:   "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
To:     Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linfeilong <linfeilong@...wei.com>,
        wuguanghao <wuguanghao3@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] xfs: donot need to check return value of
 xlog_kvmalloc()

On Thu, Sep 01, 2022 at 10:59:08AM +0800, Zhiqiang Liu wrote:
> In xfs_attri_log_nameval_alloc(), xlog_kvmalloc() is called
> to alloc memory, which will always return
> successfully, so we donot need to check return value.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@...wei.com>

Makes sense...
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...nel.org>

--D

> ---
> Changelog:
> V1 -> V2:
>   1.add Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
>   2.remove santity check of xfs_attri_log_nameval_alloc()
>     suggested by Eric Sandeen.
> 
>  fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c | 6 ------
>  1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c
> index 5077a7ad5646..cf5ce607dc05 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c
> @@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ xfs_attri_log_nameval_alloc(
>  	 */
>  	nv = xlog_kvmalloc(sizeof(struct xfs_attri_log_nameval) +
>  					name_len + value_len);
> -	if (!nv)
> -		return nv;
> 
>  	nv->name.i_addr = nv + 1;
>  	nv->name.i_len = name_len;
> @@ -441,8 +439,6 @@ xfs_attr_create_intent(
>  		attr->xattri_nameval = xfs_attri_log_nameval_alloc(args->name,
>  				args->namelen, args->value, args->valuelen);
>  	}
> -	if (!attr->xattri_nameval)
> -		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> 
>  	attrip = xfs_attri_init(mp, attr->xattri_nameval);
>  	xfs_trans_add_item(tp, &attrip->attri_item);
> @@ -762,8 +758,6 @@ xlog_recover_attri_commit_pass2(
>  	nv = xfs_attri_log_nameval_alloc(attr_name,
>  			attri_formatp->alfi_name_len, attr_value,
>  			attri_formatp->alfi_value_len);
> -	if (!nv)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> 
>  	attrip = xfs_attri_init(mp, nv);
>  	error = xfs_attri_copy_format(&item->ri_buf[0], &attrip->attri_format);
> -- 
> 2.33.0
>