linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: udf: avoid assignment in condition when selecting allocation goal

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Message-ID: <25la4rfgyog2dq5ldjo2pghy4ezjp4dy35pfvgp2hbwv7zrcss@sq2i5sadk3xh>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 17:05:20 +0100
From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To: Adarsh Das <adarshdas950@...il.com>
Cc: jack@...e.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: udf: avoid assignment in condition when selecting
 allocation goal

On Fri 06-02-26 18:26:38, Adarsh Das wrote:
> Avoid assignment inside an if condition when choosing the block
> allocation goal in inode_getblk(), and make the priority order
> explicit. No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adarsh Das <adarshdas950@...il.com>
> ---
>  fs/udf/inode.c | 11 +++++------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Thanks for the cleanup. I agree it is desirable. But:

> @@ -893,11 +893,10 @@ static int inode_getblk(struct inode *inode, struct udf_map_rq *map)
>  	else { /* otherwise, allocate a new block */
>  		if (iinfo->i_next_alloc_block == map->lblk)
>  			goal = iinfo->i_next_alloc_goal;
> -
> -		if (!goal) {
> -			if (!(goal = pgoal)) /* XXX: what was intended here? */
> -				goal = iinfo->i_location.logicalBlockNum + 1;
> -		}
> +		else if (pgoal)

I don't think the 'else' here is correct. When map->lblk is zero, it can
happen that i_next_alloc_goal will be 0 as well. Previously we've used
iinfo->i_location.logicalBlockNum + 1 for such cases but now we would leave
0 in 'goal'. Anyway, I'll fix this up on commit so this is just
informational.

								Honza

> +			goal = pgoal;
> +		else
> +			goal = iinfo->i_location.logicalBlockNum + 1;
>  
>  		newblocknum = udf_new_block(inode->i_sb, inode,
>  				iinfo->i_location.partitionReferenceNum,
> -- 
> 2.53.0
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR