Re: [PATCH 08/20] ext4: get rid of ppath in ext4_find_extent()

[Jan Kara]

On Wed 10-07-24 12:06:42, libaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The use of path and ppath is now very confusing, so to make the code more
> readable, pass path between functions uniformly, and get rid of ppath.
> 
> Getting rid of ppath in ext4_find_extent() requires its caller to update
> ppath. These ppaths will also be dropped later. No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx>

One nit below, otherwise feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

> @@ -3260,11 +3257,12 @@ static int ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
>  	 * WARN_ON may be triggered in ext4_da_update_reserve_space() due to
>  	 * an incorrect ee_len causing the i_reserved_data_blocks exception.
>  	 */
> -	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, ee_block, ppath,
> +	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, ee_block, *ppath,
>  				flags | EXT4_EX_NOFAIL);
>  	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
>  		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "Failed split extent on %u, err %ld",
>  				 split, PTR_ERR(path));
> +		*ppath = NULL;
>  		return PTR_ERR(path);
>  	}

I think here you forgot to update ppath on success case. It will go away by
the end of the series but still it's good to keep thing consistent...

								Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR