Re: [PATCH 4/6] ext4: remove unneeded check in get_dx_countlimit

[Kemeng Shi]

on 12/20/2024 8:51 PM, Ojaswin Mujoo wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 07:00:25PM +0800, Kemeng Shi wrote:
>> The "offset" is always non-NULL, remove unneeded NULL check of "offset".
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hi Kemeng,
> 
> I know the current callers don't pass NULL but I think we should still
> keep the check around just in case, to avoid NULL dereferences in
> future. I don't think there's any harm in keeping it
> 
Sure, no insistant on this and will drop this in next version.

Thanks,
Kemeng

> Regards,
> ojaswin
> 
>> ---
>>  fs/ext4/namei.c | 3 +--
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
>> index 33670cebdedc..07a1bb570deb 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
>> @@ -434,8 +434,7 @@ static struct dx_countlimit *get_dx_countlimit(struct inode *inode,
>>  	} else
>>  		return NULL;
>>  
>> -	if (offset)
>> -		*offset = count_offset;
>> +	*offset = count_offset;
>>  	return (struct dx_countlimit *)(((void *)dirent) + count_offset);
>>  }
>>  
>> -- 
>> 2.30.0
>>
>