Re: [PATCH][next] xattr: remove redundant check on variable err

From: Jan Kara
Date: Thu Oct 31 2024 - 11:43:36 EST


On Wed 30-10-24 18:01:40, Colin Ian King wrote:
> Curretly in function generic_listxattr the for_each_xattr_handler loop
> checks err and will return out of the function if err is non-zero.
> It's impossible for err to be non-zero at the end of the function where
> err is checked again for a non-zero value. The final non-zero check is
> therefore redundant and can be removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx>

Yeah, makes sense. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza

> ---
> fs/xattr.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
> index 05ec7e7d9e87..21beb82ab5dc 100644
> --- a/fs/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/xattr.c
> @@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
> return err;
> }
>
> - return err ? err : buffer_size - remaining_size;
> + return buffer_size - remaining_size;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_listxattr);
>
> --
> 2.39.5
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR