linux-kernel - [PATCH-next] afs: Remove logically dead code

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Message-Id: <20241116063613.15120-1-advaitdhamorikar@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 12:06:13 +0530
From: Advait Dhamorikar <advaitdhamorikar@...il.com>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>
Cc: linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Advait Dhamorikar <advaitdhamorikar@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH-next] afs: Remove logically dead code

Initially ret is initialized to 0 and its value is then never updated 
again, thus the indicated dead code may have performed some action;
that action will never occur.

Signed-off-by: Advait Dhamorikar <advaitdhamorikar@...il.com>
---
 fs/afs/dir.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index b6a202fd9926..afa7c24828ec 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -502,8 +502,6 @@ static int afs_dir_iterate_contents(struct inode *dir, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	iterate_folioq(&iter, iov_iter_count(&iter), dvnode, ctx,
 		       afs_dir_iterate_step);
 
-	if (ret == -ESTALE)
-		afs_invalidate_dir(dvnode, afs_dir_invalid_iter_stale);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.34.1