linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/7] ext4: remove unneeded NULL check of buffer_head in ext4_mark_inode

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Message-Id: <20240813120712.2592310-7-shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:07:11 +0800
From: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>
To: tytso@....edu,
	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] ext4: remove unneeded NULL check of buffer_head in ext4_mark_inode_used

If gdp from ext4_get_group_desc is not NULL, then returned group_desc_bh
won't be NULL either. Remove check of group_desc_bh and only check
returned gdp from ext4_get_group_desc like how other callers do.

Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>
---
 fs/ext4/ialloc.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 39fcffe4c529..0cb109037384 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ int ext4_mark_inode_used(struct super_block *sb, int ino)
 	}
 
 	gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, &group_desc_bh);
-	if (!gdp || !group_desc_bh) {
+	if (!gdp) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
-- 
2.30.0