linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] ext4: No need to check return value of block_commit

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Message-ID: <ZJEvi8CJddmpeluC@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:48:11 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Bean Huo <beanhuo@...pp.de>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, brauner@...nel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jack@...e.cz, jack@...e.com,
        tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, mark@...heh.com,
        jlbec@...lplan.org, joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com,
        beanhuo@...ron.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] ext4: No need to check return value of
 block_commit_write()

On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 11:18:24PM +0200, Bean Huo wrote:
> From: Bean Huo <beanhuo@...ron.com>
> 
> Remove unnecessary check on the return value of block_commit_write(),
> because it always returns 0.

Dropping the error check before the function signature is changes is
really odd.  I'd suggest to merge this and the following patches into
a single one.