Re: [PATCH] fat: Delete an unnecessary check before brelse()

From: OGAWA Hirofumi
Date: Sun Sep 08 2019 - 06:22:32 EST


Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@xxxxxx> writes:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 14:56:16 +0200
>
> The brelse() function tests whether its argument is NULL
> and then returns immediately.
> Thus the test around the call is not needed.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

> ---
> fs/fat/dir.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
> index 1bda2ab6745b..f4bc87a3c98d 100644
> --- a/fs/fat/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
> @@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ static int fat__get_entry(struct inode *dir, loff_t *pos,
> int err, offset;
>
> next:
> - if (*bh)
> - brelse(*bh);
> -
> + brelse(*bh);
> *bh = NULL;
> iblock = *pos >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
> err = fat_bmap(dir, iblock, &phys, &mapped_blocks, 0, false);
> --
> 2.23.0
>

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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>